A plot to steal a potentially valuable buffalo-head nickel binds together two mistrusting, disaffected schlubs and their young, would-be accomplice. David Mamet adapted the... more
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Advantages: great play,dialogue and characters.good actors Disadvantages: boring.same set all through.The director was bored!
American Buffalo is one of the best and most popular David Mammet plays.Written in late seventies,it was the play that made its writer famous.It is the story of two crooks,Teach and Don, who plan a robbery which never takes place.
The play's biggest virtue is its dialogue.Mamet's dialogues are so unique that a new term was invented:Mametspeak,which is of course the singular way that his character's express themselves.
The dialogue is the centre ... ...have seen great performances of American buffalo on stage(both in uk and in America).I recently saw on video its movie version which was a huge dissapointment.The acting is ok(Dustin Hoffman is always good anyway),but the directing is appauling!It is as if the whole movie is a recording of a stage production!!!In order for a play to work as a movie,one must make some changes!!For a film audience,it is extremely tiring to watch three people talking ...
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Actor(s): Dennis Franz, Dustin Hoffman, Sean Nelson
Director(s): Michael Corrente
Genre: Drama
Classification: 15 years and over
Production Year: 1996
Running Time: 1 hour 23 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Plot: A junk shop owner sells a valuable coin to a punter by mistake and decides to thieve it back.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): CINEMA CLUB; SONY DADC
Release date: 03/02/2003
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: CCD 9430
Barcode: 5014138294304
Languages
Main Language: English
DVD Description
A plot to steal a potentially valuable buffalo-head nickel binds together two mistrusting, disaffected schlubs and their young, would-be accomplice. David Mamet adapted the screenplay from his hard-biting 1975 stage play.
Technical information
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo
Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital Stereo English
Professional reviews
Review: "...Hoffman and Franz act their tushies off.." -- Rating: B (Entertainment Weekly, p.44, 04/10/1996)
"...[Franz is] remarkable..." (Sight and Sound, p.36-7, 01/12/1996)
"...A finely etched character study....Franz brings to the part both a lowlife grittiness and the sense of an inner core of integrity..." (Variety, 02/09/1996)
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