Buffalo '66 (1998)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Vincent Gallo

Writers:

Vincent Gallo (story)
Vincent Gallo (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 June 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Billy Brown just got out of jail. Now he's going to serve some real time. He's going home.

Plot:

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her...

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Jail | Bookie | Dog | Kidnapping

Awards:

5 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Vincent Gallo	...	Billy Brown
Christina Ricci	...	Layla
Ben Gazzara	...	Jimmy Brown
Mickey Rourke	...	The Bookie
Rosanna Arquette	...	Wendy Balsam
Jan-Michael Vincent	...	Sonny
Anjelica Huston	...	Jan Brown
Kevin Pollak	...	TV Sportscaster
Alex Karras	...	TV Sportscaster
John Sansone	...	Little Billy
Manny Fried	...	The Donut Clerk
John Rummel	...	Don Shanks
Bob Wahl	...	Scott Woods
Penny Wolfgang	...	The Judge
Anthony Mydcarz	...	The Motel Clerk

MPAA:

Rated R for language, strong violent images and scenes involving nudity.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 | New Zealand:R18 | South Korea:18 | Germany:12 | Australia:MA | France:U | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Buffalo, New York, USA

Company:

Cinépix Film Properties (CFP)

Trivia:

Ben Gazzara ad-libbed the part where he shoves his face between Christina Ricci's breasts at the dinner table.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Billy grabs the bread off the table, it is back on the serving plate in a different shot.

Quotes:

Billy Brown: There was nobody that I liked because girls stink. They stink. They're evil. And they're all bad. They're backstabbers, like you.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Capital (Todo el mundo va a Buenos Aires) (2007)

Soundtrack:

A Cold & Grey Summer Day

scruffy little film crescendos into overwhelming power

buffalo 66 is a lot like its creator, vincent gallo: harsh, unkempt, dangerous looking,a sure bet to be a miserable loser. at first glance this film seems to have nothing going for it, but give it ten minutes and then see if you can turn away. a dissection of a loose circling collection of emotional misfits, Vincent Gallo's creation (he wrote, directed, starred in the thing and even wrote the original music for the film) of billy brown, his parents and Layla, the girl who comes to love him is an amazing thing. what at first sounds like annoyingly fake bravado soon reveals the tormented souls beneath. again and again the film confounds expectations morphing into one of the most moving and convincing portraits of love and redemption imaginable. a justly deserving winner of its numerous art film awards (especially those earned by former child actress christina ricci in a devastated angel performance)buffalo 66 earns all the risks it takes and reminds us that even the worst first impressions can sometimes be wrong