Extending the black humour of King of Comedy, this chronicles a nightmarish few hours in the life of quiet computer programmer Paul, who sinks into a lunatic, even life-threatening mire of chaotic coincidences after he loses his cab fare en route to a (kind of) date with a girl (Arquette) he met in a cafe. A screwball study of SoHo modishness, eccentricity and neuroses.
After Hours (1985)
A darkly comic nightmare ensures when a computer programmer loses his cab fare.
- 1985 USA
- Directed by
- Martin Scorsese
- Produced by
- Griffin Dunne, Amy Robinson, Robert F. Colesberry
- Written by
- Joseph Minion
- Featuring
- Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom
- Running time
- 97 minutes
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