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Overview

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7.5/10   14,291 votes
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Director:
Martin Scorsese
Writer:
Joseph Minion (written by)
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Release Date:
13 September 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Thriller more
Tagline:
What is the very worst night you ever had...? [UK Video] more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
[DVD Review] The Night Before
 (From JustPressPlay. 13 April 2009, 8:41 AM, PDT)

[DVD Review] The Night Before
 (From JustPressPlay. 13 April 2009, 8:41 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Scorsese does Comedy more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Griffin Dunne ... Paul Hackett

Rosanna Arquette ... Marcy Franklin
Verna Bloom ... June

Tommy Chong ... Pepe (as Thomas Chong)

Linda Fiorentino ... Kiki Bridges

Teri Garr ... Julie

John Heard ... Thomas 'Tom' Schorr

Cheech Marin ... Neil

Catherine O'Hara ... Gail
Dick Miller ... Diner Waiter (Pete)
Will Patton ... Horst
Robert Plunket ... Street Pickup
Bronson Pinchot ... Lloyd
Rocco Sisto ... Coffee Shop Cashier
Larry Block ... Taxi Driver
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Night in SoHo (USA) (working title)
Lies (USA) (original script title)
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
Tim Burton was the second choice for director after the producers saw Vincent (1982). When Martin Scorsese became available after production delays on The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Burton, according to Griffin Dunne, gracefully bowed out of the project, saying he didn't want to stand in the way of Scorsese. more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: June addresses Paul by his name twice, although he never tells her his name. more
Quotes:
Street Pickup: Why don't you just go home?
Paul Hackett: Pal, I've been asking myself that all night.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Quando, Quando, Quando more

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9 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Scorsese does Comedy, 5 April 2005
9/10
Author: Xenoid (varabian@gmail.com) from Watertown, MA

After Hours, originally a Columbia thesis script by Joseph Minion tells the story of Paul Hackett's crazy adventure in Soho.

A friend described After Hours as a movie he always saw the cover for at the video store back in the day, and always thought it was a silly 80s comedy. It wasn't till years later he realized it was a Scorsese movie.

The movie came in the WB Box Set released with Goodfellas, Mean Streets, and a few other of the filmmakers lesser known, earlier films. I was happy when I finally popped After Hours into the DVD player, it is a darkly funny, well written downtown New York Adventure.

Hackett meets Marcy in a café, who passes her number off to him. Clearly a bored word processor seeking adventure, Hackett calls Marcy, who invites him over, he peers at his watch, 11:30pm, and his night has just begun. So begin's his crazy adventure, meeting peculiar character after peculiar character. The theme of the movie is that the whole world is different after midnight, from the people who inhabit it, to the rules which govern it.

Hackett has lost his money, and is so far from his home uptown, that he is virtually stuck in Soho. It's a fun movie, and worth seeing, if just for what Scorsese was up to between Raging Bull and The Last Temptation of Christ.

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