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Smoke [1996]
VHS ~ Giancarlo Esposito
4.7 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Giancarlo Esposito, José Zúñiga, Stephen Gevedon, Harvey Keitel, Jared Harris
  • Directors: Wayne Wang, Paul Auster
  • Format: Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Cinema Club
  • VHS Release Date: 7 Oct 2002
  • Run Time: 108 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004RCJ3
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,084 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
It's refreshing to see a film in which the writer receives equal credit with the director, showing that the dialogue actually means something. So it is with Smoke, a film about a New York quilt of contemporary characters who cross paths in a corner smoke shop, told in straightforward way by a talented acting group. Author Paul Auster and director Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club) worked on the story for years before it reached the screen. Their characters include Paul (William Hurt, in a good role again), a grief-stricken novelist; Auggie (Harvey Keitel), the shop's owner with a secret passion; Ruby (Stockard Channing), Auggie's long-ago girlfriend; and Rashid (Harold Perrineau Jr), a teenager who is befriended by Paul and seeks his estranged father (Forest Whitaker). All the characters are great storytellers, whether it be out of loneliness, necessity or just nature. Like Auster's The Music of Chance, the film has accomplished an amazing feat: it makes us feel as if we are reading a serious novel, not watching a movie. --Doug Thomas

Synopsis
A collection of unrelated characters somehow come together and change each others lives... A cigar store manager takes a daily photograph of his store... A writer recently widowed is unable to write... A man who accidentally killed his wife runs away from his past...

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4 star: 33%  (1)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Art Of Storytelling, 18 May 2004
This film is all about the storytelling. It deserves to be a bigger film than it was because it doesn't need to rely on explosions and action to be great. Its mainly due to the superb script which was written by some dude who i've never seen one of his other movies or even heard of any. But when you got 3 of hollywoods finest in the cast (Harvey Kietel, William Hurt & Forest Whitaker) then your always gonna end up with a film of the highest standards. If your looking for something that you can follow, that relys more on its story and its characters, then this is just about as good as it gets. recommended viewing.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A strange film that grabs your interest from the start, 28 May 2000
By michael ratcliffe (Ilkley, west yorks United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
Although nothing exciting happens in this movie, the dialogue and characters draw you into it and won't let go. I watched this movie at 3.00am, dog tired, sleepy, yet couldn't get to bed because I couldn't stop watching. It will make you laugh at times, make you smile most of the way through, and it will touch you. Virtually all the scenes take place with a static camera, so a roving camera doesn't get in the way.

Excellent acting, excellent dialogue.

Don't let the video cover photo fool you. None of the characters appear this way in the movie. In a way, it disappoints me that such a photo is used for the cover. It cheapens the film somehow. For one thing, Keitel doesn't have a beard in the movie. For another, the young blonde (Ashley Judd)DOES NOT look at all like that in this movie!

If you want a film that makes you listen to what the characters say and doesn't depend on violence or eye candy to make it interesting, then get this movie.