Blue in the Face (1995)

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details
Rating: R
Release Date: Oct 13, 1995
Running Time: 90 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
This return to Auggie Wren's friendly neighborhood cigar store, the same locale viewers visited in "Smoke" (USA/1995), offers a series of love letters to (among other things) marriage, nicotine, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the spirit of living together and getting along in a community of colorful characters.
cast + crew
Director
Director
Auggie Wren
Himself
Himself
Belgian Waffle Man
Violet
The Creeper
Jimmy Rose
Tommy--No 1 OBT Guy
Screenplay
Screenplay
Producer
Producer
Producer
Co-Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
reviews
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December 8, 2000
What a bold notion for a movie, and what a bust in terms of execution. Writer Paul Auster and his co-director Wayne Wang had such a fine time filming "Smoke," the summer art-house hit that revolved around the eccentric characters in a Brooklyn, N.Y., tobacco shop run by Auggie Wren (Harvey Keitel), that they prevailed upon Miramax Films to let them make a second movie using the same setup.

The deal was they'd shoot it cheap and in five days. Keitel would be back with some of the original cast… Continued