Smoke

• 7.187 Comedy
• 1995-06-09
• 112 minutes mins

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

Starring:

Harvey Keitel (Augustus 'Auggie' Wren) William Hurt (Paul Benjamin) Stockard Channing (Ruby McNutt) Harold Perrineau (Thomas 'Rashid' Cole) Forest Whitaker (Cyrus Cole) Giancarlo Esposito (1st OTB Man / Tommy) José Zúñiga (2nd OTB Man / Jerry) Stephen Gevedon (OTB Man #3 / Dennis) Jared Harris (Jimmy Rose) Ashley Judd (Felicity)

Director:

Wayne Wang

Writer:

Paul Auster