Release Date: 8/17/2004 Original Release: 1985 Format: DVD Length: 97 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable) UPC: 085391919209 Studio: Warner Home Video
Comedies, Adventure, Black Comedy, Mishaps, Recommended, Big City, Nightlife, Theatrical Release, New York City
Description
A surrealistic black comedy that plays on the paranoia and dread of everyday life in the Big Apple, Martin Scorsese's AFTER HOURS captures what is easily the worst night of one man's life. Computer programmer Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) makes a casual date with Marcy (Rosanna Arquette), a woman he meets in a coffee shop, unaware that it's about to unleash a nightmarish odyssey through the bowels of lower Manhattan. Upon arriving at Marcy's spacious Soho loft, Paul meets her unnerving artist roommate, Kiki (Linda Fiorentino), and the night takes a turn for the worse. Sensing the bad vibes that lie ahead, he immediately decides to return to his home on the Upper East Side. Unfortunately, this isn't such an easy task. In a seemingly endless series of strange and dangerous encounters, Paul begins to fear that he might never make it home again. Working from a clever script by Joseph Minion, Scorsese's film is both hysterical and frightening in its depiction of an insane, neurotic New York City. As the unfortunate hero, Dunne delivers his lines with a baffled incredulousness that also works as a voice for the sympathetic audience, who doesn't know whether to laugh or cringe when things really begin to heat up.
DVD Features
Region 1 Snap Case Widescreen - 1.85 Audio: Mono - English Mono - French Additional Release Material: Deleted Scenes Featurette: "Filming For Your Life" Audio Commentary: Martin Scorsese - Director Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
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