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May 1990
- The film had a limited distribution in the United States in May 1990 after delays to its release date.
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Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. The novel takes a harsh, uncompromising look at lower class Brooklyn in the 1950s written in spare, stripped-down prose. [1] Critics and fellow writers praised the book on its release.
- Hubert Selby
- 1964
In 1952 Brooklyn, workers have entered the sixth month of a strike against the local factory. Shop steward Harry Black relishes his new role as the strike secretary as it allows him to get out of the house, away from his wife who does not realize that Harry is gay.
Last Exit to Brooklyn was banned as a book and resulted in several obscenity cases in both the United States and England. Remembering the book and now looking at the movie, I wonder what really upset people: Was it the sex, or just the lovelessness?
May 2, 1990 · ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' is an epic of the dispossessed, set in a land where it is always night and where community spirit means gang rape in the vacant lot behind the diner.
- Uli Edel
Last Exit to Brooklyn: Directed by Uli Edel. With Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson. Set in Brooklyn during the 1950s against a backdrop of union corruption and violence. A prostitute falls in love with one of her customers.
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- Drama
- Uli Edel
- 1990-05-04
Sep 25, 2022 · The biggest change in the movie was the swap of the neighborhood setting. Though most of the book is set around the Brooklyn Army Terminal, the film was entirely shot on location in Red Hook. The movie became an instant cult classic, but as of publication, it’s not available for streaming.
Jun 10, 2009 · This book was the subject of an obscenity trial in England and was banned in Italy. It would not be made into a movie until 1989 and even then the screen version would be tamer than the written word. The plot is several intertwining stories all set in one neighborhood near the Brooklyn waterfront.
