After Hours Movie Review 1985

An absurd, edgy black comedy that's filled with novel twists and turns and often more disturbing than funny. An isolated uptown New York yuppie (Dunne) takes a late night stroll downtown and meets a sexy woman in an all-night coffee shop. From there he wanders through a series of threatening and surreal misadventures, leading to his pursuit by a vigilante mob stirred by ice cream dealer O'Hara. Something like "Blue Velvet" with more Catholicism and farce. Or similar to "Something Wild" without the high school reunion. Great cameos from the large supporting cast, including Cheech and Chong as burglars. A dark view of a small hell-hole in the Big Apple.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 97 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Contemporary Noir, New York, New York, Screen Teams: Cheech & Chong, Burglars, Dates from Hell, Up All Night, Vigilantes

Screenplay

Joe Minion

Cast

Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, John Heard, Teri Garr, Catherine O'Hara, Verna Bloom, Linda Fiorentino, Dick Miller, Bronson Pinchot, Will Patton, Rockets Redglare, Rocco Sisto, Larry Block, Victor Argo

Cinematography

Michael Ballhaus

Director

Martin Scorsese

Music

Howard Shore

Other

Richard "Cheech" Marin, Thomas Chong, Martin Scorsese

Producer

Geffen Pictures

Awards

Cannes 1986: Director (Scorsese); Ind. Spirit 1986: Director (Scorsese), Film.