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Good sources (i.e. dependable & relatively objective) of basic information on films: • IMDb (Internet Movie Database) – production data, awards, listing of full cast (with character names), soundtrack details, availability on video or DVD: imd.com • Rotten Tomatoes – a great & fun resource for coverage of the critical reaction (with a neat summary in the Tomatometer): https://www.rottentomatoes.com • Past and current movie reviews by Roger Ebert and many other critics: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews • New releases & list of films by genres: allmovie.com • Search site for independent documentary & social issue films: docuseek2.com On Smoke (1995): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114478/ Directed by Wayne Wang Screenplay by Paul Auster Cinematography by Adam Holender Editing by Maysie Hoy Music by Rachel Portman Art direction by Jeff McDonald Cast: Auggie Wren - Harvey Keitel Paul Benjamin - William Hurt Thomas (Rashid) Cole - Harold Perrineau Jr. Cyrus Cole - Forest WhitaKer Aunt Em - Michelle Hurst Doreen Cole – Erica Gimpel Ruby McNutt - Stockard Channing Felicity – Ashley Judd Jimmy Rose – Jared Harris Vinnie – Victor Argo 1st OTB Man/Tommy – Giancarlo Esposito 2nd OTB Man/ Jerry – José Zúñiga 3rd OTB Man/ Dennis – Stephen Gevedon April Lee (booKstore clerK) – Mary B. Ward Sue the Waitress – Deirdre O’Connell the Creeper – MaliK Yoba Granny Ethel – Clarice Taylor Roger Goodwin - Walter T. Meade Soundtrack: 24 preludes and fugues, op. 87 by Dmitri ShostaKovich performed by Keith Jarrett Louis Prima “BrooKlyn Boogie” Screamin’ Jay HawKins “Hong Kong” Jerry Garcia Band “Cigarettes and Coffee”; “SmoKe Gets in your Eyes” Tom Waits “Downtown Train”; “Innocent When You Dream”(from Franks Wild Years, 1987) Waits Live in Italy playing a “new song about a guy who is accordion player” (1986): https://youtu.be/-y-qzVKT8_8 .

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