Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman (Rosanna Arquette). So begins the wildest night of his life, as bizarre occurrences—involving underground-art punks, a distressed waitress, a crazed Mister Softee truck driver, and a bagel-and-cream-cheese paperweight—pile up with anxiety-inducing relentlessness and thwart his attempts to get home. With this Kafkaesque cult classic, Martin Scorsese—abetted by Michael Ballhaus’s kinetic cinematography and scene-stealing supporting turns by Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O’Hara, and John Heard—directed a darkly comic tale of mistaken identity, turning the desolate night world of 1980s SoHo into a bohemian wonderland of surreal menace.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

New 4K digital restoration, approved by editor Thelma Schoonmaker, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
New program featuring director Martin Scorsese interviewed by writer Fran Lebowitz
Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Scorsese, Schoonmaker, director of photography Michael Ballhaus, actor and producer Griffin Dunne, and producer Amy Robinson, with additional comments recorded in 2023
Documentary about the making of the film featuring Dunne, Robinson, and Schoonmaker
New program on the look of the film featuring costume designer Rita Ryack and production designer Jeffrey Townsend
Deleted scenes
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by critic Sheila O’Malley

Product details

Actor	Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong
Director	Martin Scorsese
Label	Criterion Collection

Languages	English
Content	Blu-ray
Edition	Criterion Collection
Publication date	11.07.2023
Genre	Drama Comedy Crime

Audio	English
Year of production	1985
Original title	After Hours
Region code	A
Version	US Version

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After hours

Written on 21. September 2011 by Laine Gebel.

This customer review refers to an alternative version, which is no longer available.

Un très bon film d'humour décalé, une nuit horrible que je ne conseille à personne. Très bien tourné, pas une minute d'ennui, ce chef-d??uvre serait bien de le retrouver doublé en français s'il vous plaît!
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Written on 22. July 2008 by Daniel.

This customer review refers to a alternative version.

Komödie? Nicht wirklich. Übersehener Klassiker? Auf alle Fälle. Ein sehr stimmungsvoller, befremdender Psychothriller (mit Augenzwinkern) im Dschungel von New York.
ein heimlicher klassiker

Written on 21. October 2004 by chewbacca.

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wer das nachtleben in grossstädten liebt, auch schon selbst von irrer situation zu noch irrerer situation gekippt ist, muss diesen film lieben. auch die nebenauftritte von cheech & chong sind gold wert. what a night.

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