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1989
Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1989 drama film directed by Uli Edel and adapted by Desmond Nakano from Hubert Selby Jr.'s 1964 novel of the same title. The film is an international co-production between Germany the UK and the United States. The story is set in 1950s Brooklyn and takes place against the backdrop of a labor strike. It follows interlocking storylines among the working class underbelly of the Red Hook…
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Hollywood films tend to depict 1950s America with certain degree of nostalgia. Those that don’t usually aren’t Hollywood films in strictest of sense. One of those was international co-production which made *Last Exit to Brooklyn*, 1989 period drama directed by German film maker Uli Edel. Film is based on the eponymous novel by Hubert Selby Jr. It is set in 1952 in Brooklyn working class neighbourhood, which is affec…More