Smoke (1995)
Overview
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $7,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $8,349,430.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 8.722 |
Directed By
Wayne Wang
Crew
Maysie Hoy
Peter Newman
Adam Holender
Hisami Kuroiwa
Kenzo Horikoshi
Wayne Wang
Rachel Portman
Christopher Tellefsen
Greg Johnson
Paul Auster
Billy Hopkins
Margot Lulick
Todd Pfeiffer
Wayne Herndon
Jasmine Kosovic
Claudia Brown
Chuck Keehne
Elizabeth Linn
Mark Mann
John Merrick
Kenton Jakub
Heidi Levitt
David Marcellino
Jude Gorjanc
Paul Auster
Glen Bowen
Sam Burrell
Robert Barnett
Andrew Dimeo
Anthony Dimeo
Andrew Gangloff
John Fundus
Patricia Regan
Vince Biscano
Kim Orchen
Joel Barkow
Charles Cecil
Michael Cambria
Timothy Main
Pam Shawshin
W. Ernest Stalder
Fred Rosenberg
Steven Visscher
Marko Costanzo
Richard Murphy
Magdaline Volaitis
James W. Finnerty
Billy Miller
David H. Kramer
Greg Babiuk
Tom Salvatore
Christopher Tellefsen
George Lazaros
Brian Langman
Peter Betulia
Thomas Landi
Alex Corven Caronia
John Moses
Karen Kelsall
Cary Wong
Marcia Patten
Debra C. Victoroff
Gus Papadopoulos
Liz Schenck
Joseph Badalucco Jr.
William Breslo
Jean-Phillipe Preteur
Robert Hein
Frank Kern
Sylvia Menno
Jeffrey Stern
Loretta Farb
Bill Lehne
Chris Marzulli
Julie Lindner
Douglas Crosby
Laura Iler
Larry Steinberg
Shanya Tsao
Robert Alonso
James A. Dolan
James Cozza
Brian Risner
Ann Edgeworth
Janene Higgins
Blaise Corrigan
K.C. Bailey
Avi Zev Weider
James Flatto
Lauren Doner
Mark Horstmann
Magen Kauffman
Joyce Kubalak-Szuflita
Rodney Clark
Claude Horstmann
Rhonda Moscoe
Chuck Jeffreys
Brad Goss
David Knox
Lorey Sebastian
Leo Hallal
Heidi Topper
Jonathan Sheffer
Rae Umsted
Chris Fielder
Donovan C. Howard
Thomas Dolan
Cheryl Kilbourne-Kimpton
Morgan Neville
Steve Borne
Ernie Gangloff
Michael Barry
Drew Kunin
Bruce Pross
John Denison
Lys Hopper
Brunilda Torres
Mark Goodermote
John Cambria
Kristen Kusama
Emile Charlap
Kevin Donegan
Philip Kennedy
Joan Winters
Judie Fixler
Lilene Mansell
Randall Balsmeyer
Lauren Gale
Reid Rosefelt
Sara Corrigan
Rachel Portman
Exile Ramirez
Eileen Cabiling
Nina Chien
Harry Ford
Billy Miller Jr.
Collin Quinlan
Lynn Geller
Ralph Volpe
John Daschbach
Louis Volpe
Jennifer Roth
Diana Phillips
Bob Weinstein
Shoko Kimizuka
Satoru Iseki
Karin Wiesel
Kalina Ivanov
Jeffrey D. McDonald
Harvey Weinstein
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
Paul Auster
TOP CAST
Harvey Keitel
Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
William Hurt
Paul Benjamin
Stockard Channing
Ruby McNutt
Harold Perrineau
Thomas 'Rashid' Cole
Forest Whitaker
Cyrus Cole
Giancarlo Esposito
1st OTB Man / Tommy
José Zúñiga
2nd OTB Man / Jerry
Stephen Gevedon
OTB Man #3 / Dennis
Jared Harris
Jimmy Rose
Ashley Judd
Felicity
Victor Argo
Vinnie
Michelle Hurst
Aunt Em
Erica Gimpel
Doreen Cole
Deirdre O'Connell
Sue the Waitress
Malik Yoba
The Creeper
Murray Moston
Waiter
Mary B. Ward
April Lee the Bookstore Clerk
Daniel Auster
Book Thief
Vincenzo Amelia
Irate Customer
Gilson Reglas
Cyrus Jr.
Howie Rose
Baseball Announcer
Mel Gorham
Violet
Baxter Harris
Lawyer #1
Paul Geier
Lawyer #2
Walter T. Meade
Roger Goodwin
Clarice Taylor
Grandma Ethel
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