After Hours

UPC: 085391919209

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Mild Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Martin Scorsese's After Hours is a dark, tragi-comic tale of a fish out of water, centering on an uptight, white-bread computer consultant from uptown Manhattan who finds himself in the nightmarish and incomprehensible (to him) world of Soho after dark. The ordeal begins when Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) gets lonely and decides to leave the posh East Side and search the Soho streets for some loving from Marcy (Rosanna Arquette), the pretty young woman he met in a downtown cafe. He has her phone number and works up the nerve to call. She wants to see him, and so Paul grabs $20, hails a taxi and sets out. The weirdness begins when he loses his money during the high-speed cab ride. His visit to Marcy's loft, where he meets her crazed artist roommate Kiki (Linda Fiorentino), is a disaster, as is his encounter with the beehive-wearing retro waitress Julie (Teri Garr). ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Awards: Best Supporting Actress – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Director – Cannes Film Festival Best Picture – Independent Spirit Awards Best Director – Independent Spirit Awards Best Screenplay – Independent Spirit Awards Best Actress – Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography – Independent Spirit Awards

Features: Commentary by Griffin Dunne, director Martin Scorsese, producer Amy Robinson, cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and editor Thelma Schoonmaker
Making-of documentary Filming for Your Life: Making After Hours
Deleted scenes
Theatrical trailer

After Hours

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 08/17/2004

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 97 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 -- After Hours
1. Credits [1:10]
2. Marcy and Miller [4:51]
3. Rendezvous Plan [2:38]
4. Out the Window [2:07]
5. Sculpting With Kiki [3:08]
6. Relaxing Massage [3:05]
7. Mercurial Marcy [4:23]
8. True Confessions [4:07]
9. Different Rules Apply [3:34]
10. His Paperweight Need [3:49]
11. Too Much for a Token [1:46]
12. Slow Night at the Terminal Bar [6:07]
13. Burglary Suspects [2:18]
14. The Undisciplined and the Dead [:52]
15. "Like the Monkees?" [4:59]
16. Jittery Julie [2:57]
17. Terminal News [3:20]
18. The Perfect Gift [:44]
19. Stop, Thief [2:24]
20. Mohawk Night [1:01]
21. Gail's Numbing Numbers [1:22]
22. "You're Dead, Pal" [2:57]
23. Recap Rant [3:03]
24. Desperation in the Diner [6:02]
25. Is That All There Is? [2:12]
26. Getting Plastered [4:19]
27. "Art is Forever" [2:45]
28. End Credits [:14]

Perry Seibert

Paul is trying to get into Marcy's apartment. She tosses her keys down to him. Scorsese gives the audience the shot from the keys' point of view. They hurtle ominously towards Paul. This is a quick but quintessential moment in After Hours, a film that has the feel of a nightmare where nothing goes right and trouble can suddenly occur out of nowhere. Although lots of strange things happen to Paul over the course of his night in SoHo (he's hunted by a vigilante mob, nearly has his head shaved, and gets encased in plaster of paris to name just three), the sequences are directed with a certain amount of reality. Viewers are given the sense that the events in this film, however improbable, are possible. Griffin Dunne does a fine job with the tricky role of Paul. His character, after making the decision to go to Marcy's apartment, is almost totally passive. Events happen to him. While it would be easy to dislike such a put-upon character, Dunne makes the viewer sympathize with Paul because he always tries to extricate himself from the situation he is in without harming anyone else. He is desperate to get away from Teri Garr's beehived waitress, but the way he submits to her requests will gain the goodwill of the audience. Desperate to work on any project after Paramount cancelled The Last Temptation of Christ four days before that film was supposed to go before the camera, Scorsese quickly became attached to After Hours. Because Paul is unable to do what he wants and powerless to change his situation, it is tempting to assume that Scorsese felt a strong affinity for his protagonist. Armed with numerous stylistic touches and a noir sensibility, After Hours is a dark comedy that allowed a fine director to exorcise his career frustrations. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Larry Block  Actor 
Murray Moston  Actor 
Margo Winkler  Actor 
Rand Carr  Actor 
Mary Colquhoun  Actor 
Victor Argo  Actor 
Robin Johnson  Actor 
Charles Scorsese  Actor 
Henry Baker  Actor 
Stephen J. Lim  Actor 
Clarence Felder  Actor 
John Codiglia  Actor 
Clarke Evans  Actor 
Dick Miller  Actor 
Rocco Sisto  Actor 
Victor Bumbalo  Actor 
Paula Raflo  Actor 
Vic Magnotta  Actor 
Bill Elverman  Actor 
Maree Catalano  Actor 
Frank Aquilino  Actor 
Rockets Redglare  Actor 
Martin Scorsese  Actor 
Joel Jason  Actor 
Robert F. Colesberry  Producer 
Griffin Dunne  Producer 
Joseph Minion  Screenwriter 
Amy Robinson  Producer 
Martin Scorsese  Director 
Howard Shore  Composer (Music Score) 
Griffin Dunne  Actor 
Rosanna Arquette  Actor 
Verna Bloom  Actor 
Tommy Chong  Actor 
Linda Fiorentino  Actor 
Teri Garr  Actor 
John Heard  Actor 
Cheech Marin  Actor 
Catherine O'Hara  Actor 
Will Patton  Actor 
Robert Plunket  Actor 
Bronson Pinchot  Actor 

Country: USA