Plot
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
Cast
Stephen Lang
Harry Black
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Tralala
Burt Young
Big Joe
Peter Dobson
Vinnie
Christopher Murney
Paulie
Jerry Orbach
Boyce
Alexis Arquette
Georgette
Stephen Baldwin
Sal
John Costelloe
Tommy
Cameron Johann
Spook
Ricki Lake
Donna
Frank Military
Steve
Crew
Stefan Czapsky
Director of Photography
Uli Edel
Director
Bernd Eichinger
Producer
Mark Knopfler
Original Music Composer
Desmond Nakano
Screenplay
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