Plot
Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her...
Release Year: 1998
Rating: 7.4/10 (21,398 voted)
Critic's Score: 68/100
Director:
Vincent Gallo
Stars: Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara
Storyline 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 (and forcing her to say the same).
Writers: Vincent Gallo, Vincent Gallo
Cast: Vincent Gallo
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Billy Brown
Christina Ricci
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Layla
Ben Gazzara
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Jimmy Brown
Mickey Rourke
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The Bookie
Rosanna Arquette
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Wendy Balsam
Jan-Michael Vincent
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Sonny
Anjelica Huston
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Jan Brown
Kevin Pollak
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TV Sportscaster
Alex Karras
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TV Sportscaster
John Sansone
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Little Billy
Manny Fried
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The Donut Clerk
John Rummel
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Don Shanks
Bob Wahl
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Scott Woods
Penny Wolfgang
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The Judge
Anthony Mydcarz
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The Motel Clerk
Taglines:
Billy Brown just got out of jail. Now he's going to serve some real time. He's going home.
Release Date: 26 June 1998
Filming Locations: Buffalo, New York, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $1,500,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $39,555
(USA)
(28 June 1998)
(2 Screens)
Gross: $2,375,097
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Christina Ricci choreographed her infamous tap dance in the bowling alley scene.
Goofs:
Continuity:
When Billy and Layla check into the motel, the clerk tells them check-out time is eleven o'clock, but a sign on the left wall states the time as noon.
Quotes: Billy Brown:
Want to know the truth? I could have had any girl l wanted in school. Any girl l wanted. You know why l didn't have a girlfriend? Huh? Because there was nobody that l liked. Nobody that l liked. That's the truth. I could have had anybody. There was nobody that l liked, because girls stink. They stink. They're evil. And they're all bad, all of them. They're backstabbers like you.
User Review
Review: Touching and Brilliant
Rating:
Vincent Gallo's directorial debut is a powerhouse of fine acting, writing,
and direction, not to mention a showcase for some truly jaw-dropping
cinematography. Buffalo 66 is one of the finest independent films that I
have ever seen, and perhaps the most fascinating character study I have yet
to see on film.
Christina Ricci provides one of the year's best performances as Layla, the
odd but tenderhearted tap dancer who provides Gallo's Billy Brown with the
only true love he has ever received. Ricci's performance is brilliantly
understated, and she relays just as much heartfelt meaning in one glance of
her beautiful, dark eyes as Gallo does in his barrage of rapid-fire
monologues.
There are also fine supporting performances from Ben Gazzara and Angjelica
Huston, as Billy's utterly dysfunctional parents, Mickey Rourke, as a sleezy
bookie, Jan-Michael Vincent, as Billy's touchingly loyal friend and owner of
a bowling alley, and Kevin Corrigan, as Billy's slow but well-meaning best
friend.
Buffalo 66 is an incredibly moving and beautiful film. It provides some of
the starkest movie images of blue-collar society to come along since the
'70s. The on-location Buffalo, New York sites are haunting in their
bleakness, and the filtered photography emphasizes this all the
more.
On top of all of this, Gallo provides a mesmerizing performance as Billy
Brown-a man who has spent so much of his life pining for love and tenderness
that he doesn't know how to deal with it once it is staring him in the
face.
Simply put, Buffalo 66 is a staggering achievement. Vincent Gallo is a
fiercely talented filmmaker and a force to be reckoned with in the
future.
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