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Buffalo '66

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

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.

Release Date : 1998-01-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Gray Daisy FilmsMuse Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : The Ornit Movie

Cast

Character Name : Billy Brown

Original Name : Vincent Gallo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Layla

Original Name : Christina Ricci

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jimmy Brown

Original Name : Ben Gazzara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jan Brown

Original Name : Anjelica Huston

Gender : Female

Character Name : Wendy Balsam

Original Name : Rosanna Arquette

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sonny

Original Name : Jan-Michael Vincent

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rocky the Goon

Original Name : Kevin Corrigan

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Bookie

Original Name : Mickey Rourke

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Sportscaster

Original Name : Kevin Pollak

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Sportscaster

Original Name : Alex Karras

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Billy

Original Name : John Sansone

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Donut Clerk

Original Name : Manny Fried

Gender : Male

Character Name : Don Shanks

Original Name : John Rummel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Scott Woods

Original Name : Bob Wahl

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Judge

Original Name : Penny Wolfgang

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Motel Clerk

Original Name : Anthony Mydcarz

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Guy in the Bathroom

Original Name : Michael Maciejewski

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Denny's Host

Original Name : Jack Claxton

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Prison Guard

Original Name : Dominic Telesco

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Cafe Owner

Original Name : Carl Marchi

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Denny's Waitress

Original Name : Kim Krah

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Info Booth Clerk

Original Name : Julius Digennaro

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Tap Teacher

Original Name : Terry Braunstein

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Gas Station Clerk

Original Name : Jack Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Bus Station Woman

Original Name : Norma Gelose

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tap Dance Kid

Original Name : Jamie King

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tap Dance Kid

Original Name : Janel King

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Man in the Donut Shop

Original Name : Joey Giambra

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2021-06-23

Mostly tedious, but Ricci is adorable, “Heart of the Sunrise” is featured and the message is potent An angry sad sack (Vincent Gallo) is released after five years in prison near Buffalo and proceeds to kidnap a cute girl at a ballet studio (Christina Ricci). She surprisingly agrees to go along with the charade of being his wife to fool his nutty parents. His sole ambition seems to be to kill a field goal kicker for the Bills who let him down five years earlier. Anjelica Huston, Mickey Rourke, Jan-Michael Vincent and Rosanna Arquette have brief roles. “Buffalo ’66” (1998) is an offbeat indie written & directed by its star, Gallo. I only know him from Coppola’s “Tetro” (2009) where he proved to have an almost Brando-like charisma (I said “almost”). Ricci is one of the highlights here as she’s petite, voluptuous and adorable. Unfortunately, most of the episodes in the story could’ve been cut by one-third or even one-half. As it is, they become tedious, such as the loong segment at the parent’s house. But the final act wins the day with Yes’ “Heart of the Sunrise” placed strategically and a profound moral about the power of uncompromising love to change a piece of sheet. The film runs 1 hour, 50 minutes and was shot in Buffalo, New York, and surround areas (Gowanda, Lackawanna and Woodlawn). GRADE: C+/B-

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-07-22

"Billy" (Vincent Gallo) gets let out of prison and promises to bring his new wife to meet his mother. An hasty promise for two reasons. First - well, he hasn't actually got a wife and second - he is desperate to pee. Intent on sorting out the latter problem, he encounters "Layla" (Christina Ricci) whom he promptly thinks can solve his other problem, so he frog marches her to her car and hopes that she - by now at gunpoint - will agree to help him out. Risky strategy, that! Can it work out for him? Well what now follows is an entertainingly quirky road movie that sees the two gradually bond whilst we learn about both of their rather complicated pasts. It's not just his mother (Angelica Huston) that he wants to visit; he also has a score to settle with a bookie (Mickey Rourke) but maybe, just maybe, his new companion might adjust his priorities? This is a well paced, intimate movie and there is a good, almost magnetic, dynamic between Gallo and Ricci. The story is lively and engaging offering us an offbeat love story that is, though maybe a touch predictable, based more on two characterful performances rather than cheesy sentiment (of which there is none!) and gooey love scenes as they head for their own kind of redemption. Coffee and doughnuts anyone?