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- Billy bet ten grand on the Bills to win in the Super Bowl five years before only to lose that bet on a missed field goal. He did five years in prison taking the fall for the bookie he can't repay. Now he's out.
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Jul 24, 2023 · Buffalo ’66 (1998): After being released from prison, Billy is set to visit his parents with his wife, whom he does not actually have. This provokes Billy to act out, as he kidnaps a girl and forces her to act as his wife for the visit.
Billy is pretty much a fictional version of Gallo here, so I get that it's harder to separate VG from B66 entirely than it is for most other films, but if you can do so it opens up a lot of avenues for exploration and discussion - Billy's an asshole to Layla throughout the movie but if you didn't know about Gallo's misogynistic comments would ...
I think that Buffalo '66 is hopelessly romantic but problematic in its over-sympathetic treatment of Billy/Gallo. In reality, people are not so "loyal" or forgiving after being mistreated repeatedly, they simply leave you. Which is kind of what happened to Gallo, it seems.
I think that Buffalo '66 is hopelessly romantic but problematic in its over-sympathetic treatment of Billy/Gallo. In reality, people are not so "loyal" or forgiving after being mistreated repeatedly, they simply leave you. Which is kind of what happened to Gallo, it seems.
Buffalo '66 Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.
In a flashback, it is revealed that Billy once placed a reckless $10,000 bet on the Bills to win Super Bowl XXV; when they lost, the bookie forced Billy to clear his debt by confessing to a crime he did not commit, resulting in his time served in prison. Now, Billy seeks revenge on Scott Wood, the kicker who lost the game. [a]
May 26, 2016 · The Buffalo ’66 moment is interrupted when Billy lunges toward her, wraps his arm around her neck and drags her into the parking lot. It’s a terrifying situation made permissible by the fact that Billy can’t drive stick. As soon as he gets into the driver’s seat of Layla’s car, the two have to switch places.
