Last Exit to Brooklyn (film)

Last Exit to Brooklyn
Last Exit to Brooklyn
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Uli Edel
Screenplay by	Desmond Nakano
Based on	Last Exit to Brooklyn; by Hubert Selby Jr.
Produced by	Bernd Eichinger
Starring	Stephen Lang; Jennifer Jason Leigh; Burt Young; Peter Dobson; Jerry Orbach;
Cinematography	Stefan Czapsky
Edited by	Peter Przygodda
Music by	Mark Knopfler
Production; companies	Allied Filmmakers; Bavaria Film; Neue Constantin Film
Distributed by	Neue Constantin Film (Germany); Guild Film Distribution (United Kingdom); Cinecom Pictures (United States)
Release dates	12 October 1989 (West Germany); 5 January 1990 (United Kingdom); 2 May 1990 (United States);
Running time	103 minutes
Countries	West Germany; United Kingdom; United States
Language	English
Budget	$17 million
Box office	$1,730,005

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.^[4]^[5]^[6] The film is an international co-production between Germany, the UK, and the United States.^[5]^[4] The story is set in 1950s Brooklyn and takes place against the backdrop of a labor strike. It follows interlocking storylines among the working class underbelly of the Red Hook neighborhood, including unionized workers, sex workers, and drag queens.

^ "Last Exit to Brooklyn (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 22 September 1989. Archived from the original on 15 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
^ Travers, Peter (4 May 1990). "Last Exit to Brooklyn". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
^ "Last Exit to Brooklyn". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b Canby, Vincent (2 May 1990). "A Brutal, Elegiac 'Last Exit,' Unrelieved by Hope". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Benson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ DePalma, Anthony (27 April 2004). "Hubert Selby Jr. Dies at 75; Wrote 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'". The New York Times.