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