Movie
Smoke
Overview
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
Details
- Release date
- 1995-06-09
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Miramax, NDF International, Eurospace
- Country
- Germany, Japan, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Harvey Keitel as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
- William Hurt as Paul Benjamin
- Stockard Channing as Ruby McNutt
- Harold Perrineau as Thomas 'Rashid' Cole
- Forest Whitaker as Cyrus Cole
- Giancarlo Esposito as 1st OTB Man / Tommy
- José Zúñiga as 2nd OTB Man / Jerry
- Stephen Gevedon as OTB Man #3 / Dennis
- Jared Harris as Jimmy Rose
- Ashley Judd as Felicity
- Victor Argo as Vinnie
- Michelle Hurst as Aunt Em
Crew
- Wayne Wang - Director
- Paul Auster - Writer
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