After Hours (1985)

When it's after midnight in New York City, you don't have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They'll all find you!

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.

Directed by: Martin Scorsese

Written by: Joseph Minion

Music by: Howard Shore

Starring: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong, Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, John Heard, Cheech Marin, Catherine O'Hara, Dick Miller

Genre: Comedy, Thriller, Drama

Released: 1985-09-13

Runtime: 97 minutes

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After Hours (1985): trivia & fun facts

Fun facts

• The screenplay, originally titled Lies after a 1982 Joe Frank monologue that inspired it, was written as part of an assignment for his film course at Columbia University.
• The film grossed $10.6 million against a $4.5 million budget and was critically acclaimed for its black humor, and is now considered to be a cult classic.
• After Hours was originally to be directed by Tim Burton after Dunne and Robinson were impressed with his short film Vincent, but Burton willingly stepped aside when Scorsese expressed interest.
• The opportunity to direct After Hours was offered to Scorsese by his lawyer Jay Julien, who put him through Griffin Dunne and Amy Robinson's Double Play Company.
• British director Michael Powell took part in the production of the film, and he and editor Thelma Schoonmaker married soon afterward.

Source: Wikipedia

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