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Blue in the Face - DVD

SKU: 5164993 | Release Date: 3/4/2003

Rating: R for Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity

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Rating: R for Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 1995
Length: 83 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: General Comedies
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Synopsis

Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film, so they shot Blue In The Face immediately after Smoke was completed. The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager Auggie (Harvey Keitel), although most of the other characters are different. The store owner's frustrated wife Dot (Roseanne) is one of them, and one of the plotlines follows her attempts to seduce Auggie. Madonna, Michael J. Fox, Lily Tomlin, and Lou Reed (as himself) also put in appearances. Blue In The Face was shot without a complete script and presents a unique combination of distinctive performances, oddball characters, improvisations, and raffish scenes. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

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Eng/Fre

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Additional Features

cc A Conversation With Lou Reed: Living in New York, The Lower East Side, Getting Around the City, Going to the Movies, Play All OTB Boys outtakes: "The McInudo Lady," "My Brother Chuck," John Lurie's Band Plays at the Smoke Shop, Mo Greengrass Magic Tricks Feature commentary with director Wayne Wang, screenwriter Paul Auster, producers Peter Newman and Greg Johnson, and actor Harvey Keitel Dolby Digital Surround Sound French language track Widescreen (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 televisions

Chapters

Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits: You Are Here [6:30]
2. In Brooklyn [2:10]
3. Brooklyn Attitude [4:45]
4. Brooklyn Girls [7:07]
5. Bob's Last Smoke [3:58]
6. Diversity in Brooklyn [6:48]
7. Butts and Punks [3:47]
8. Patent Pending [6:50]
9. Dollars and Sense [7:25]
10. "It's Toasted" [5:19]
11. Listen to Me [8:29]
12. Once More With Feeling [2:35]
13. Party in the Streets [2:29]
14. A Year Later [1:45]
15. End Credits [6:50]

Cast

Victor Argo - Vinnie
Michael Badalucco - Statistician
Roseanne - Cigar Store Owner's Wife
Ahmed Ben Larby - Statistician
Jim Jarmusch - Bob
Madonna - Singing Telegram Girl
Mira Sorvino - The young lady
William Preston - Statistician
Lou Reed - Man with Strange Glasses
Lily Tomlin - The waffle eater
Keith David - Jackie Robinson
Giancarlo Esposito - Tommy
Michael J. Fox - Peter
Malik Yoba - The Watch Man
Lisa Scarola - Dancer
Sharif Rashed
Esteban Fernandez - Dancer
Eileen Galindo - Dancer
Peggy Gormley
Mel Gorham - Violet
Jared Harris - Jimmy Rose
Robert Jackson - Brooklyn Resident
Harvey Keitel - Auggie Wren
James Dickson - Dancer
Michelle Hurst - Statistician
Jose Zuniga - Jerry
RuPaul - Dancer
Ian Frazier - Brooklyn Resident
Sasalina Gambino - Brooklyn Resident
Cotton Green - Dancer
Tatienne Hendricks-Tellefsen
Edmund Ikeda - Statistician
John Lurie National Orchestra
Rusty Kanokoci - Brooklyn Resident
Nick Kosovich - Dancer
Kyle Larson - Dancer
Gregory Misclagno - Dancer
Liz Ramos - Dancer
Dale Stotts - Dancer
Ginger Thatcher - Dancer
Chief Bey - Brooklyn Resident
Diana Brownstone - Dancer
Billy Cherry - Statistician
Liz Anne Curtis - Dancer
Rehanna Ellis - Statistician/Dancer
Teodorino Bello - Statistician
Raymond Rodriguez - Dancer
Debra Wilson - Statistician
Charles LaSalle - Dancer
Luc Sante - Brooklyn Resident
Jos� Zu�iga - Jerry
Chelsea Altman - Statistician
Stephen Gevedon

Crew

Cinematographer: Adam Holender
Producer: Greg Johnson
Production Designer: Kalina Ivanov
Editor: Maysie Hoy
Composer (Music Score): John Lurie
Producer: Peter Newman
Choreography: Linda Talcott
Editor: Christopher Tellefsen
Producer: Bob Weinstein ,Harvey Weinstein
Screenwriter: Wayne Wang
Director: Wayne Wang
Producer: Diana Phillips
Casting: Heidi Levitt
Director: Paul Auster
Screenwriter: Paul Auster
Co-producer: Hisami Kuriowa
Musical Direction/Supervision: John Hurst
First Assistant Director: Todd Pfeiffer
Cinematographer: Harvey Wang
Producer: Harvey Keitel
Costume Designer: Claudia Brown
Sound/Sound Designer: Drew Kunin
First Assistant Director: Mary Beth Mann
Co-producer: Hisami Kuroiwa
Editor: Maisie Hoy

Blue in the Face: AMG Review
Scott Engel , AMG

Shot in five days and with only an outline to follow, Blue in the Face offers many surprises. After falling in love with the idea of Brooklyn, NY, as Anytown, USA, on steroids and uppers, Wayne Wang and Paul Auster convinced the brothers Weinstein of Miramax to give some cash and marketing muscle to a faux documentary on a week in the life of a cigar shop in Park Slope. They also enlisted some of the most famous figurers of the New York underground hip gone big (Lou Reed, Jim Jarmusch, Giancarlo Esposito, Madonna) to ham it up for the camera. Far lighter and much more fun than Smoke, Blue in the Face is not concerned with story or plot as much as it is with characters, of which the film and Brooklyn have no shortage. Jim Jarmusch and Harvey Keitel have a natural ease with each other as they discuss the power of a cigarette. Michael J. Fox has his funniest moment on the big screen as a colorful local with a clipboard, and Lou Reed is hysterical as he explains in his trademark deadpan why he feels comfortable in New York and how he plans to market sunglasses. Some of the real-life folks included in the film are just as compelling, like The Bag Man who feels it's his duty to vacate all plastic bags from tree branches in which they become entangled, and a Coney Island Girl who knows she has to get out of Brooklyn but isn't sure why. The film is a touch overly sentimental about the Dodgers (time to get over it people), and the final production number with RuPaul tries too hard. But as any resident with a 718 area code will tell you, it's refreshing to see a film nail down life in the outer boroughs without resorting to clich�s and stereotypes. ~ Scott Engel, All Movie Guide

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