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Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)

Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)

Drama

The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie

Release Date: 1989, July 26
Directors: Uli Edel
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom
Production: Bavaria Film, Bavaria Film, Allied Filmmakers, Allied Filmmakers, Constantin Film, Constantin Film
Cast: Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sam Rockwell, Alexis Arquette, Peter Dobson, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Mark Boone Junior, Burt Young, Jerry Orbach, David Warshofsky, Bob Martana

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

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