Last Exit to Brooklyn
“The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie”
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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Cast
52 people
Stephen Lang
Harry Black
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Avatar
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Tralala
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The Hateful Eight
Annihilation
Burt Young
Big Joe
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Rocky
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Peter Dobson
Vinnie
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The Frighteners
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Christopher Murney
Paulie
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The Civil War
The Last Dragon
Jerry Orbach
Boyce
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Beauty and the Beast
Dirty Dancing
Alexis Arquette
Georgette
Known for
Bride of Chucky
The Wedding Singer
Stephen Baldwin
Sal
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The Usual Suspects
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John Costelloe
Tommy
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Doubt
Black Rain
Cameron Johann
Spook
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Zits
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Ricki Lake
Donna
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Steve
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Uli Edel Director · Desmond Nakano Screenplay Hubert Selby Jr. Author
Worldwide gross $1.7M · United States release July 26, 1989 · Produced in Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,730,005
Production
Bavaria Film
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Allied Filmmakers
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Constantin Film
Production
Neue Constantin Film
Production
Germany · United Kingdom · United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 26, 1989
Limited theatrical
Germany · October 12, 1989
Theatrical · West Germany
United States
May 4, 1990 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
April 15, 1994 · Limited theatrical · Film clubs only
United Kingdom
January 5, 1990 · Theatrical
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