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Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1989 drama film directed by Uli Edel and adapted by Desmond Nakano from Hubert Selby Jr. 's 1964 novel of the same title. [4] [5] [6] The film is an international co-production between Germany, the UK, and the United States. [5] [4] The story is set in 1950s Brooklyn and takes place against the backdrop of a labor strike.
May 4, 1990 · Last Exit to Brooklyn: Directed by Uli Edel. With Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson. Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence.
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- Uli Edel
- 1990-05-04
May 11, 1990 · Last Exit to Brooklyn. Love stories are about people who find love in happy times. Tragedies are about people who seek love in unhappy times. "Last Exit to Brooklyn" makes a point of taking place in the early 1950s, when all of the escape routes had been cut off for its major characters. The union official cannot admit to being left wing.
Last Exit to Brooklyn. R Released May 4, 1989 1h 42m Drama List. 67% Tomatometer 21 Reviews 74% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings A homosexual factory worker (Stephen Lang) and a teenage hooker ...
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- Uli Edel
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Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. The novel takes a harsh, uncompromising look at lower class Brooklyn in the 1950s written in a brusque, everyman style of prose. Critics and fellow writers praised the book on its release.
- Hubert Selby
- 1964
Uli Edel. Director. Hubert Selby Jr. Novel. Desmond Nakano. Screenplay. A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
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Jennifer Jason Leigh was named Best Supporting Actress of 1990 by the New York Film Critics Circle for her performances in "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and "Miami Blues" (USA/1990). Released in United States Spring May 2, 1990. Released in United States May 4, 1990. Released in United States on Video December 5, 1990. Released in United States ...