Summary
A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater. As he decided to play "American Buffalo" there, a bloody battle for the favorite roles begin.
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Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+11)
Critics 27Audiences 38GoodWatch 32
Tomatometer27%
IMDb4.5
Audience score31%
Running time
1 h 48 min
A typical length for thrillers
typical 104108Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1998
August 14, 1998
28 years ago
Genres
ThrillerComedyCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 17 more25 people
- Lisa MarieMyrna L'Hatsky
- Barbara HersheyEva Santana
- Debi MazarSimone
- Mike StarrCrunch Gwiazda
- Robbie ColtraneAl Santana
- John DiMaggioJersey Kid
- Harry HamlinKlench
- Ian HartQuint
John LeguizamoZip- JRJosé Rafael ArangoDoorman
Nicole ArlynFlo
David CaleJim
Nick ChinlundIggy Schmurtz
David DeblingerUB
Anthony DeSandoRilke- ZKZak KerkoulasAugie Santana
- LMLinda ManciniBartender
Taylor MeadDoc Wax
Chuck MontgomeryX Man
Kim CristoBondage Queen- SPSabrina PassuntinoOskie L'Hatsky
Ron PerlmanGascone- NTNick Tiger PoeIris
Justin TherouxFlav Santana
Directing · 2
- Amos Poe Director, Screenplay
- Sandrine Muller Script Supervisor
Production · 3
- Phyllis Freed Kaufman Producer
- Lina Todd Casting
- Susan Senk Publicist
Camera · 1
- Enrique Chediak Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Jeff Kushner Editor
Sound · 2
- Stephen Ulrich Original Music Composer
- Barry Cole Music Supervisor
Art · 3
- Michael Shaw Production Design
- Susan Ogu Set Decoration
- Alexander Westerman Art Department Coordinator
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Candice Donnelly Costume Design
- Maria E. Kenny Assistant Costume Designer
Other crew · 1
- Drew Jiritano Special Effects Coordinator
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