Martin Scorsese

After Hours

After Hours

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman (Rosanna Arquette). So begins the wildest night of his life, as bizarre occurrences—involving underground-art punks, a distressed waitress, a crazed Mister Softee truck driver, and a bagel-and-cream-cheese paperweight—pile up with anxiety-inducing relentlessness and thwart his attempts to get home. With this Kafkaesque cult classic, Martin Scorsese—abetted by Michael Ballhaus’s kinetic cinematography and scene-stealing supporting turns by Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O’Hara, and John Heard—directed a darkly comic tale of mistaken identity, turning the desolate night world of 1980s SoHo into a bohemian wonderland of surreal menace.

Film Info

  • United States
  • 1985
  • 97 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • English
  • Spine #1185

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, approved by editor Thelma Schoonmaker, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • New conversation between director Martin Scorsese and writer Fran Lebowitz
  • Audio commentary featuring Scorsese, Schoonmaker, director of photography Michael Ballhaus, actor and producer Griffin Dunne, and producer Amy Robinson
  • Documentary about the making of the film featuring Dunne, Robinson, Schoonmaker, and Scorsese
  • New program on the look of the film featuring costume designer Rita Ryack and production designer Jeffrey Townsend
  • Deleted scenes
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Sheila O’Malley

    New cover by Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde

Purchase Options

DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

  • New 4K digital restoration, approved by editor Thelma Schoonmaker, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
  • New conversation between director Martin Scorsese and writer Fran Lebowitz
  • Audio commentary featuring Scorsese, Schoonmaker, director of photography Michael Ballhaus, actor and producer Griffin Dunne, and producer Amy Robinson
  • Documentary about the making of the film featuring Dunne, Robinson, Schoonmaker, and Scorsese
  • New program on the look of the film featuring costume designer Rita Ryack and production designer Jeffrey Townsend
  • Deleted scenes
  • Trailer
  • English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
  • PLUS: An essay by critic Sheila O’Malley

    New cover by Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde
After Hours
Cast
Griffin Dunne
Paul Hackett
Rosanna Arquette
Marcy
Verna Bloom
June
Tommy Chong
Pepe
Linda Fiorentino
Kiki Bridges
Teri Garr
Julie
John Heard
Tom, the bartender
Cheech Marin
Neil
Catherine O’Hara
Gail
Dick Miller
Waiter
Will Patton
Horst
Robert Plunket
Street pickup
Bronson Pinchot
Lloyd, Paul’s coworker
Rocco Sisto
Coffee-shop cashier
Larry Block
Taxi driver
Victor Argo
Diner cashier
Murray Moston
Subway attendant
John P. Codiglia
Transit cop
Clarke Evans
Neighbor
Victor Bumbalo
Neighbor
Bill Elverman
Neighbor
Joel Jason
Biker
Rand Carr
Biker
Clarence Felder
Bouncer
Stephen J. Lim
Club Berlin bartender
Catherine Scorsese
Uptown diner patron
Charles Scorsese
Uptown diner patron
Credits
Director
Martin Scorsese
Produced by
Griffin Dunne
Produced by
Amy Robinson
Produced by
Robert F. Colesberry
Written by
Joseph Minion
Director of photography
Michael Ballhaus
Editor
Thelma Schoonmaker
Music by
Howard Shore
Casting
Mary Colquhoun
Production designer
Jeffrey Townsend
Set decorator
Leslie Pope
Art director
Stephen J. Lineweaver
Costume designer
Rita Ryack
Sound mixer
Chat Gunter
Associate producer
Deborah Schindler
Production manager
Michael Nozik
First assistant director
Stephen J. Lim
Second assistant director
Christopher Griffin
Makeup
Valli O’Reilly
Hair
Medusah
Script supervisor
Mary A. Kelly
Still photographer
Barry Wetcher
Sculptures by
Nora Chavooshian

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