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Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1989 drama film directed by Uli Edel and adapted by Desmond Nakano from Hubert Selby Jr.'s 1964 novel of the same title. The film is an international co-production between Germany, the UK, and the United States. The story is set in 1950s Brooklyn and takes place against the backdrop of a labor strike.
May 4, 1990 · With Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson. Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual.
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- Drama
- Uli Edel
- 1990-05-04
A homosexual factory worker (Stephen Lang) and a teenage hooker (Jennifer Jason Leigh) symbolize the damned in 1952 Brooklyn.
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- Uli Edel
- R
- Stephen Lang
Reviews. Last Exit to Brooklyn. Roger Ebert May 11, 1990. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Love stories are about people who find love in happy times. Tragedies are about people who seek love in unhappy times.
hide. (Top) Synopsis. Style. Publication history. Trial. Film adaptation. See also. References. Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. The novel takes a harsh, uncompromising look at lower class Brooklyn in the 1950s written in a brusque, everyman style of prose. [1]
- Hubert Selby
- 1964
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...
Summaries. Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers. Also a disturbed man discovers that he is homosexual. Taken from Hubert Selby, Jr.'s controversial novel set in early 1950s Brooklyn.
