Smoke

1995
R
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

39K

YOUR RATING

Harvey Keitel and William Hurt in Smoke (1995)

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Comedy Drama

A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

39K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 12 wins & 9 nominations total

Trivia
Harold Perrineau is only two years younger than Forest Whitaker, who played his father.

Goofs
Auggie takes his daily picture from a typical tripod, below shoulder level. Yet the photos in his album are taken from eye-level position or higher. In fact, the alignment of the traffic signal and the building behind it is so consistent from picture to picture, that they were most likely taken from a fixed mount.

Quotes
Auggie Wren: If you can't share your secrets with your friends then what kind of friend are you?
Paul Benjamin: Exactly... life just wouldn't be worth living.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Batman Forever/The Incredibly True Adventure of 2 Girls in Love/Smoke/Safe (1995)

Soundtracks
Supastar
Written by James Felder and James Heath
Performed by Group Home
Courtesy of Payday Records, Inc.

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Featured review

A Beautiful Film

Though the writing is very "stagey", the acting is fantastic all around. The more you allow yourself to get into this movie, the more you will enjoy it. The soundtrack insidiously lulls the viewer into a state where the everyday is made beautiful.

This movie is full of overlooked performances by some of today's best actors, including Forest Whitaker, Harold Perrineau Jr, (who most people know from the OZ HBO series), and Ashley Judd, whose takes one of the smallest roles in the movie but develops an extraordinary character.

Harvey Keitel and William Hurt have a dynamic in each scene that shows the true brilliance of each actor. Stockard Channing plays a character that could easily have been overacted with a style and realism that engage the viewer.

Certainly a movie you have to put yourself into, but you won't be disappointed if you do.