Directed by:
Martin ScorseseScreenplay:
Joseph MinionCinematography:
Michael BallhausComposer:
Howard ShoreCast:
Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, John Heard, Teri Garr, Catherine O'Hara, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Verna Bloom, Dick Miller, Will Patton (more)VOD (3)
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Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman (Rosanna Arquette). So begins the wildest night of his life, as bizarre occurrences - involving underground-art punks, a distressed waitress, a crazed Mister Softee truck driver, and a bagel-and-cream-cheese paperweight - pile up with anxiety-inducing relentlessness and thwart his attempts to get home. With this Kafkaesque cult classic, Martin Scorsese - abetted by Michael Ballhaus’s kinetic cinematography and scene-stealing supporting turns by Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O’Hara, and John Heard - directed a darkly comic tale of mistaken identity, turning the desolate night world of 1980s SoHo into a bohemian wonderland of surreal menace. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 1986 - Amy Robinson, Griffin Dunne, Robert F. Colesberry (Best Feature)
- 1986 - Martin Scorsese (Best Director)
- 1986 - Rosanna Arquette (Best Actress)
- 1986 - Joseph Minion (Best Screenplay)
- 1986 - Michael Ballhaus (Best Cinematography)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1987 - Rosanna Arquette (Best Supporting Actress)
César Awards
- 1987 - Best Foreign Film
Golden Globes
- 1986 - Griffin Dunne (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
Cannes Film Festival
- 1986 - Martin Scorsese (Best Director)
- 1986 - Martin Scorsese (Golden Palm - Official Competition)