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Last Exit to Brooklyn
The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie
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 family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
- Original title
- Last Exit to Brooklyn
- Language
- EN
- Country
- DE
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- $1,730,005
CinemaSerf
Sep 19, 2025 · via TMDB
Set amidst some fairly violent industrial turmoil, this potpourri of stories focuses on some of the diversity that existed, though it didn’t necessarily thrive, in 1950s NYC. The local factory is the centre of the troubles as the dockers take strike action, galvanised by their leaders “Harry” (Stephen Lang) and the manipulative “Boyce” (Jerry Orbach). Meantime, the striking in an altogether different manner “Tralala” (Jennifer Jason Leigh) rather menacingly plies her feminine wares on the unsuspecting but horned up military until she begins to fall a little for one of her more decent uniformed clientele and sees the glimmer of an hope she could escape this cycle of hopelessness. With tensions running high amidst their community, we also discover that the married “Harry” also has a penchant for blokes and that communism and illegitimate children are further stoking the angst in this increasingly diffuse and angry township. The story itself plays out well enough and I felt that both Leigh and Lang played their parts with quite some skill, but somehow there is just too much going on to cram into one hundred minutes and some of the more characterful subplots (i.e. “Big Joe” (Burt Young)) are sidelined or too undercooked to make enough impact on the storyline that Uli Eden has decided to focus on. That said, though, the two principal characters are exposed to the cruelties and double standards of the day in a fashion that looks authentic, gritty and is frequently violent and uncomfortable to watch. Therein lies much of the success of this quite potent look at mob rule and intolerance disguised as democracy and freedom, but on the whole, given the plethora of topics covered in the much more visceral book, I felt it disappointed.
kevin2019
Mar 14, 2025 · via TMDB
"Last Exit to Brooklyn" treats its many unseemly social and sexual issues in an unflinching and unashamedly forthright manner, but even more than this it is the generous assortment of heartless characters inhabiting this sordid and squalid depiction of Brooklyn which almost makes the whole film unwatchable while simultaneously creating the biggest impression of all. They embody the worst and the most close-minded and negative people to be found on the face of the planet. However, such unsettling repugnance is also strangely compelling and fascinating and it has been brilliantly brought to the screen with great skill and expertise to produce one of the most controversial, thought-provoking, and unforgettably assaultive motion pictures of the 1980's.
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Stephen Lang
Harry Black
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Tralala
Burt Young
Big Joe
Peter Dobson
Vinnie
Christopher Murney
Paulie
Jerry Orbach
Boyce
Alexis Arquette
Georgette
Stephen Baldwin
Sal
John Costelloe
Tommy
Ricki Lake
Donna
Frank Military
Steve
Camille Saviola
Ella
Jason Andrews
Tony
James Lorinz
Freddy
Sam Rockwell
Al
Maia Danziger
Mary Black
Nicholas J. Giangiulio
Stump
Robert Weil
Alex
Mark Boone Junior
Willie
Colleen Flynn
Ruthie
David Warshofsky
Mike
Daniel O'Shea
Bill
Daniel Beer
Tral's Trick
Rutanya Alda
Georgette's Mother
Bruce Smolanoff
Lost Soldier
James Harper
Cop
Mike Starr
Security Guard
Christopher Curry
Riot Police Officer
Michael O'Hare
Riot Police Officer
Joseph Carberry
Uptown Bartender
Bill Mondy
Uptown Doggie
Frank Vincent
Priest
Hubert Selby Jr.
Car Driver
Jerry Rector
Strike Worker
David Chapman
Production Design
Leslie A. Pope
Set Decoration
Stefan Czapsky
Director of Photography
Jery Hewitt
Stunt Coordinator
Bill Anagnos
Stunts
Danny Aiello III
Stunts
Donald J. Hewitt Jr.
Stunts
Mick O'Rourke
Stunts
Phil Neilson
Stunts
Roy Farfel
Stunts
Uli Edel
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Glen Trotiner
Second Assistant Director
Jake Eberts
Associate Producer
Deborah Aquila
Casting
Jeffery Passero
Casting
Bernd Eichinger
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Guy Fletcher
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Mark Knopfler
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