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After Hours (1985)

R  |   |  Comedy, Crime, Drama  |  11 October 1985 (USA)
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An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.

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June
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Pepe (as Thomas Chong)
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Thomas 'Tom' Schorr
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Gail
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Lloyd
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Coffee Shop Cashier
Larry Block ...
Taxi Driver
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Storyline

A meek word processor impulsively travels to Manhattan's Soho District to date an attractive but apparently disturbed young woman and finds himself trapped there in a nightmarishly surreal vortex of improbable coincidences and farcical circumstances. Written by duke1029

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When it's after midnight in New York City, you don't have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They'll all find you! See more »


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11 October 1985 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

A Night in SoHo  »

Box Office

Budget:

$4,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$10,600,000 (USA)
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

The original cut of the film was 45 minutes longer. See more »

Goofs

When Paul running away from the mob seeks shelter in the coffee shop (River something) and orders hamburger and coffee, the clock on the doorway shows 4:10, but when he again running away from the mob goes there and meets Tom, the same clock shows 12:14 when the waiter brings him hamburger and coffee. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Paul Hackett: [Paul and Lloyd in front of a computer terminal] Alright, punch. Punch it in.
Lloyd: Right.
Paul Hackett: Okay, let's, first of all, refresh the screen here. Alright, and go into "format ruler".
[Lloyd punches at the keyboard]
Paul Hackett: There.
Lloyd: All right. Now, file?
Paul Hackett: Right.
Lloyd: Right?
[presses a key]
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Crazy Credits

The closing credits are displayed over a moving shot of Paul's office, during which more and more employees show up for work. When the camera passes Paul's desk again, he has disappeared. See more »

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Composed by Bobby Hart and Tommy Boyce
Performed by The Monkees
Published by Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc.
Courtesy of Arista Records
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Better than you'd expect
5 January 2005 | by (NoVa) – See all my reviews

Perhaps one of the Scorsese minor masterpieces that sometimes get lost when considering "Goodfellas" or even "Mean Streets," films that get the bulk of the chatter. This, along with "King of Comedy" run in a very different vein, combining black comedy with tension and suspense as a central spine to the piece. Sure, Goodfellas has some black comedic moments, but on whole, it stands as a "drama" rather than a comedy. This is a VERY different film and will cause you to laugh and to shake your head in sympathy and mutter "Oh NO" more than once. I rated it a 9, I have no idea why this got lower marks than that. See it more than once.


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