Last Exit to Brooklyn (movie)

Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1989 English-language British-German drama movie, directed by Uli Edel, and based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr.^[1][2][3]

Last Exit to Brooklyn
Directed by	Uli Edel
Written by	Desmond Nakano Hubert Selby Jr. (novel)
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
Distributed by	Summit Entertainment
Release date	1989
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	West Germany, UK
Language	English
Box office	$1,730,005 (USA)

Plot

In the 1950s in Brooklyn, a group of prostitutes, unionist activists and drag queens lead difficult lives, an existence of drugs, crime and violence in a working class Brooklyn neighborhood.

References

1. Vincent Canby (May 2, 1990). "A Brutal, Elegiac 'Last Exit,' Unrelieved by Hope". The New York Times.
2. Shelia Benson (May 4, 1990). "A Brutal, Theatrical Mix Runs Through Edel's 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'". The Los Angeles Times.
3. Anthony DePalma (April 27, 2004). "Hubert Selby Jr. Dies at 75; Wrote 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'". The New York Times.

Other websites

• Last Exit to Brooklyn on IMDb
• Last Exit to Brooklyn at Rotten Tomatoes