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Last Exit to Brooklyn

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Last Exit to Brooklyn
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R,1hr 42min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1989
Director:
Uli Edel
Starring:
Stephen Lang, Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh  ...more
Synopsis: Hubert Selby's controversial 1964 cult novel Last Exit To Brooklyn is adapted to the big screen by director Ulrich Edel in this drama. The story is set in the early 1950s in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a blighted waterfront town of boarded-up storefronts and striking factory workers. Harry Black (Stephen Lang), a machinist put in charge of the local union strike office, suddenly finds himself one of the most important men in town. But for all his sudden power, there's something disturbing Harry. He rejects ... Full Synopsis
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Brian J. Dillard, AMG Review
Although it features crime of only the most petty sort -- drugs, prostitution, and civil disobedience -- this stylish, haunting drama is as noirish as they come. Discontentment and desperation hound these characters like a hot summer wind, while their sexual obsessions almost invariably lead to ruin. Occasional glimpses of working-class joy and humor balance out the grimness of the main story line; ... Full Review
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Stephen Lang
Harry Black
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Burt Young
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