Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786300270916 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6300270912 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: February 21, 1995 Running Time: 96 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: September 13, 1985 Sales Rank: 21699
Amazon.com: This well-regarded cult film is a tense Kafka-esque tale concerning what happens to a likable computer guy who is in the wrong place at the wrong time in the city that never sleeps--New York. This is a New York infested with bizarre characters vividly brought to life by a once-in-a-lifetime cast. Griffin Dunne's wonderfully controlled comic performance as Paul Hackett is the glue that holds this increasingly surreal film together. Scorsese utilizes a full array of independent and underground film techniques, including special film speed manipulations, angles, and edits, deftly capturing the strange rhythms of an after-hours New York City. Many will find the jokes clever, and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. Some, however, will find the film an excruciating series of staged circumstances setting up a sadistically cruel dark nightmare of horrors. And there are a few lines of dialogue so poorly written they remind you how unbelievable the thin story really is. But forgive the film these few lapses--overall it's a wild, surreal ride. The most offbeat character is the beehive-sporting, Monkee-obsessed neurotic played to perfection by Teri Garr. And the moment when Griffin Dunne uses his last quarter to play Peggy Lee's "Is That All There Is" and dances with Verna Bloom while an angry mob searches SoHo for him is an inspired bit of lunacy. --Christopher J. Jarmick
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Rating: - One of my favorite movies of all time!
This movie never gets old to me. It's so out there. Every time I show it to a friend they end up with this stunned look on their face by the time the credits are rolling.
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Rating: - Crazy wierd
Just like I remembered it from the '80's, After Hours is a crazy mixed up film thats good, plain weird fun.
A cult film groupie delight.
Rating: - They Only Come Out At Night...
AFTER HOURS is one of those wonderfully weird movies that I can watch again and again. I have loved Martin Scorsese ever since BOXCAR BERTHA, and consider him to be a bloody genius. With HOURS, he takes us ... Read More
Rating: - I had a night like this..... I'm from Chicago
I must say this is one of my top 10 favorite films. Every time I have a bad day, I watch After Hours, and somehow feel better. Anyway, the reason Im writting this, is I was wondering if there is a music genius ... Read More
Rating: - You hope the night (and the movie) never ends
This film has been around for a while (decades), but this was my first viewing. Super!
A guy with a hum drum office job crosses paths with a strange chick in a late night cafe. He accepts a rendezvous ... Read More
- One of my favorite movies of all time!
- Crazy wierd