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65% Critic Match
Last Exit to Brooklyn
“The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie”
6.5 / 10• 1989• 1h 43m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Stephen Lang
Harry Black
Lead
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Tralala
Burt Young
Big Joe
Peter Dobson
Vinnie
Christopher Murney
Paulie
Jerry Orbach
Boyce
Alexis Arquette
Georgette
Stephen Baldwin
Sal
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Uli Edel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Last Exit to Brooklyn is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
