American Buffalo
Paese d'origine: USA
Location del set: Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Genere: Drama
Lingue: English
Plot: From the play by David Mamet, AMERICAN BUFFALO is another story of mens interminable struggle toward the top of the heap, a goal which ultimately and inevitably eludes most of us. Don Dubro, the proprietor of a dusty dark inner-city junk shop, holds court there with his friends and makes plans probably on a daily basis for his ascendancy to the top. He does this more out of habit than hope because he's long ago surrendered his future to the daily repetition of his life as guardian of the discarded remnants of others' possessions. Disheveled Teach, on the other hand, is either too dumb or too stubborn to accept the lot life has dealt him. Instead, he bucks like a wild horse under the saddle and refuses to be broken. Most pitiable of the trio which populates the movie is teenaged Bobby. Mistaking much of the palaver which passes between the older men as pearls of wisdom, Bobby is the only one of the trio who still has a chance to make a life for himself somewhere beyond this tired too-familiar neighborhood. Don seems to recognize, early in their heist scheme, that exposing Bobby to his desperation can only drag the kid down. Teach imposes himself into Bobby and Don's plan to swipe some pricey coins from one of Don's customers. Don's plan to send Bobby in after the coin is too risky, Teach says. The truth is simpler. Teach doesn't want his cut to be too small
Visti censura internazionale: Portugal:M/12 Spain:13 UK:15 USA:R
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Argentina:4 September 1997 |
| Germany:17 October 1996 |
| Poland:31 January 1997 |
| Spain:14 November 1996 |
| USA:13 September 1996 |
| Canada:12 September 1996 | (Toronto Film Festival) |
| Portugal:February 1999 | (video premiere) |
| MET:2457 m |
| PFM:35 mm |
| Dolby |
| UK:90 |
| USA:88 |
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
telegroup, s.l.
produzione cinematografica: prairie oyster productions punch productions samuel goldwyn company
produttore cinematografico: sloss john mosher gregory green sarah
regista: corrente michael
attore: hoffman dustin franz dennis nelson sean
direttore della fotografia: crudo richard
scenografia: talpers daniel
montaggio: sanford kate (i)
compositori: newman thomas
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: mamet david
costumi: newhall deborah
troupe varia: corso john (i) turrett daniel l. dicker john hamill brian (i) aufiero dorothy auerswald sarah bermudez carlos burke michael (vii) butler scott campenni tony casey mark (iii) davis scott d. decristofaro michael dieso mike driscoll tim (ii) fivecoat tab flynn kevin (i) hamel jeff hirshfield mark jackman michael karol bernie komar eric larue david leach leroy lewis penny lucey barbara mazzoni john mcmahon lisa mcphee jack metivier tim mongelli nick montgomery michael (ii) o'halloran tom pitts brian t. thibodeau shawna trautvetter william wettering iii frank
produzione cinematografica: prairie oyster productions punch productions samuel goldwyn company
produttore cinematografico: sloss john mosher gregory green sarah
regista: corrente michael
attore: hoffman dustin franz dennis nelson sean
direttore della fotografia: crudo richard
scenografia: talpers daniel
montaggio: sanford kate (i)
compositori: newman thomas
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: mamet david
costumi: newhall deborah
troupe varia: corso john (i) turrett daniel l. dicker john hamill brian (i) aufiero dorothy auerswald sarah bermudez carlos burke michael (vii) butler scott campenni tony casey mark (iii) davis scott d. decristofaro michael dieso mike driscoll tim (ii) fivecoat tab flynn kevin (i) hamel jeff hirshfield mark jackman michael karol bernie komar eric larue david leach leroy lewis penny lucey barbara mazzoni john mcmahon lisa mcphee jack metivier tim mongelli nick montgomery michael (ii) o'halloran tom pitts brian t. thibodeau shawna trautvetter william wettering iii frank


