A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.
- Awards
- 12 wins & 9 nominations
José Zúñiga
- 2nd OTB Man
- (as Jose Zuniga)
- …
Stephen Gevedon
- OTB Man #3, Dennis
- (as Steve Gevedon)
Harold Perrineau
- Rashid Cole
- (as Harold Perrineau Jr.)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHarold Perrineau is only two years younger than Forest Whitaker, who played his father.
- GoofsWhen Thomas Cole knocks on the door of Paul Benjamin's apartment on his first visit, Paul goes to answers the door without a cigarette. However, when he opens the door a lit cigarette appears in his mouth.
- Quotes
Auggie Wren: If you can't share your secrets with your friends then what kind of friend are you?
Paul Benjamin: Exactly... life just wouldn't be worth living.
- SoundtracksSupastar
Written by James Felder and James Heath
Performed by Group Home
Courtesy of Payday Records, Inc.
Featured review
A nice, quiet film, light years away from the (Hollywood) mainstream
The characters are genuine, funny, sensitive, tragic... just human. They are sympathetic with their small weaknesses and their daily problems. The movie gives a realistic description of the daily life of ordinary people in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn has the star role. In fact the movie seems like a declaration of love to this city, although when compared to Woody Allen's "Manhattan", the approach is completely different.
The message is in a way surprising (maybe because of my European bias): Even in this money driven, rough, fast living, time-is-money, urban and individualistic environment there is a lot of love, friendship and humanity. Humanity means also that we do things which eventually do not make very much sense, are not logical and which may be very emotional. Smoking belongs to such activities. It is an activity which needs a work break. It gives us an opportunity for a stop and for starting rethinking issues. Therefore the small cigar shop, which appears like an island within a stormy ocean, like the antipode to the bustle environment.
Sometimes some of the hurry enters the shop, but the clocks seem to tick differently there and at the end everything calms down. I like this movie.
Brooklyn has the star role. In fact the movie seems like a declaration of love to this city, although when compared to Woody Allen's "Manhattan", the approach is completely different.
The message is in a way surprising (maybe because of my European bias): Even in this money driven, rough, fast living, time-is-money, urban and individualistic environment there is a lot of love, friendship and humanity. Humanity means also that we do things which eventually do not make very much sense, are not logical and which may be very emotional. Smoking belongs to such activities. It is an activity which needs a work break. It gives us an opportunity for a stop and for starting rethinking issues. Therefore the small cigar shop, which appears like an island within a stormy ocean, like the antipode to the bustle environment.
Sometimes some of the hurry enters the shop, but the clocks seem to tick differently there and at the end everything calms down. I like this movie.
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Cigarros
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,367,636
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $70,744
- Jun 11, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $8,367,636
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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