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1998·110 min·Released

Buffalo '66

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

Drama
Romance
Comedy

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.

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Vincent Gallo

Vincent Gallo

Billy Brown

Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci

Layla

Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara

Jimmy Brown

Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston

Jan Brown

Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke

The Bookie

Rosanna Arquette

Rosanna Arquette

Wendy Balsam

Jan-Michael Vincent

Jan-Michael Vincent

Sonny

Kevin Corrigan

Kevin Corrigan

Rocky the Goon

Kevin Pollak

Kevin Pollak

TV Sportscaster

Alex Karras

Alex Karras

TV Sportscaster

John Sansone

John Sansone

Little Billy

Manny Fried

Manny Fried

The Donut Clerk

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Wuchak

Written on 9/29/2018

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

Written on 7/22/2023

"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?

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'Pointed Knife' Scene

'Pointed Knife' Scene

'A Heart Cookie' Scene

'A Heart Cookie' Scene

'Hot Chocolate' Scene

'Hot Chocolate' Scene

'Photo Booth' Scene

'Photo Booth' Scene

'Layla Tap Dances' Scene

'Layla Tap Dances' Scene

'Bowling Ball' Scene

'Bowling Ball' Scene