Movie
Chinese Coffee
Overview
When Harry Levine, an aging, unsuccessful Greenwich Village writer, is fired from his job as restaurant doorman, he calls on friend and mentor Jake, ostensibly to collect a long-standing debt.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-09-02
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Chal Productions, The Shooting Gallery
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Al Pacino as Harry Levine
- Jerry Orbach as Jake Manheim
- Susan Floyd as Joanna
- Ellen McElduff as Mavis
- Michel Moinot as Maurice
- Judette Jones as Supermarket cashier
- Paul J.Q. Lee as Counterman
- Joel Eidelsberg as Harry's Brother
- Maria Gentile as Sarah / Bellydancer
- Christopher Evan Welch as Hamlet Actor
- Neal Jones as Etecoles / Actor in Play
- Laura Esterman as Actor in Play/Messenger
Crew
- Al Pacino - Director
- Ira Lewis - Writer
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