Last Exit to Brooklyn (film)

Last Exit to Brooklyn
Theatrical release poster
Directed byUli Edel
Screenplay byDesmond Nakano
Based onLast Exit to Brooklyn
by Hubert Selby Jr.
Produced byBernd Eichinger
Starring
CinematographyStefan Czapsky
Edited byPeter Przygodda
Music byMark Knopfler
Production
companies
Distributed byNeue Constantin Film (Germany)
Guild Film Distribution (United Kingdom)
Cinecom Pictures (United States)
Release dates
  • 12 October 1989 (1989-10-12) (West Germany)
  • 5 January 1990 (1990-01-05) (United Kingdom)
  • 2 May 1990 (1990-05-02) (United States)
Running time
103 minutes[1]
CountriesWest Germany
United Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$17 million[2]
Box office$1,730,005[3]

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.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ Travers, Peter (4 May 1990). "Last Exit to Brooklyn". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Last Exit to Brooklyn". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b Canby, Vincent (2 May 1990). "A Brutal, Elegiac 'Last Exit,' Unrelieved by Hope". The New York Times.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Benson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ DePalma, Anthony (27 April 2004). "Hubert Selby Jr. Dies at 75; Wrote 'Last Exit to Brooklyn'". The New York Times.