Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
- new york city
- suicide
- date
- subway
- nightclub
- overdose
- artist
- surreal
- punk rock
- surrealism
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Linda Fiorentino — Kiki
- Teri Garr — Julie
- John Heard — Tom the Bartender
- Cheech Marin — Neil
- Catherine O'Hara — Gail
- Dick Miller — Waiter
- Will Patton — Horst
- Robert Plunket — Street Pickup
- Bronson Pinchot — Lloyd
- Rocco Sisto — Coffee Shop Cashier
- Larry Block — Taxi Driver
- Directed
- Martin Scorsese
- Written
- Joseph Minion
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 1,821 ratings
- Studio
- Double Play, Geffen Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
