Name: After Hours
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Thriller
Released: 1985-10-11
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong, Linda Fiorentino

After Hours

A Question of Appreciation and Action

Julie Hey Paul, do you like my hairdo?

Paul Yes... yes, I do.

Julie Then why don't you touch it?

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After Hours

Midnight Encounters in New York City

Taglines When it's after midnight in New York City, you don't have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They'll all find you.

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After Hours

Anticipation of an Unforgettable Night

Marcy I hope you don't have to get up early tomorrow morning or anything.

Paul No. No, I don't.

Marcy Because I think you're somebody I can really talk to. And tonight I feel like - I feel like I'm gonna let loose or something. I feel like - I feel like something incredible is really gonna happen here! I feel soooo excited. I don't know why? I feel it. I'm glad you came.

[laughs; laughs; laughs]

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After Hours

A Humorous Exchange Over Drinks

Tom the Bartender How about a drink? You look like you could use one.

Paul You don't happen to have any powerful aphrodisiacs back there, do you?

Tom the Bartender She won't put out, huh?

Paul No, it's not for her. It's for me. I seem to have gotten myself involved with one of your cocktail waitresses.

Tom the Bartender Miss Bee Hive 1965.

Paul Yes. Don't even ask me how.

Tom the Bartender So, take off. What's she gonna do? Kill herself?

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After Hours

The Worst Night Ever Experienced

Taglines What is the very worst night you ever had...?

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After Hours

Transaction and Waiting at Club Berlin

Club Berlin Bouncer Got any money?

Paul Yes I got money. Is that what this is all about, you want money? Why didn't you ask for that in the first place man. Here, it's all I got.

Club Berlin Bouncer I'll take your money cos I don't want you to feel you left anything untried. Now, you keep the quarter... ...but you still have to wait a few minutes.

[gives Paul his quarter back]

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After Hours

Unexpected Conversations During a Chaotic Night

Paul You wouldn't believe what I've been through tonight. You just, wouldn't believe it.

Gail Oh, I'm an ice cream vendor - Mr. Softee.

Paul What? I - you misunderstood me. I didn't ask what you did for a living. I said, you wouldn't believe what I've been through tonight.

Gail It's not boring. And I have my own Mr. Softee truck. It's not - it's not boring.

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After Hours

Unexpected Gifts and New Connections

Julie I'm gonna give you a present.

Paul Don't do that. That's really not necessary at all. I mean, I've only known you for, what, an hour.

Julie No, no, no. You said that you were gonna come back and you did. In these days, that is something to be commended and rewarded. Do you know what this is?

Paul No.

Julie This is a Plaster of Paris bagel and cream cheese paperweight. I bought it from a local artist, Kiki Bridges. Did you ever hear of her?

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After Hours

Admission Based on Hairstyle at Club Berlin

Paul Why doesn't he have to wait a few minutes?

Club Berlin Bouncer Tonight is mohawk night. If you had a mohawk, you could go in.

Paul Oh, come on! We're both adults! Why don't you just let me in?

[laughs]

Club Berlin Bouncer Do you really want to go inside?

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After Hours

A Date That Never Ends

Taglines What if that date you thought would never end, didn't?

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After Hours

Concern for Marcy's Well-Being

Paul Is Marcy here?

Kiki She had to go to the all-night drugstore.

Paul Is she all right?

Kiki It's under control.

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After Hours

A Challenging Night of Frustration and Regret

Paul I have had a terrible, terrible night. Do you understand?

Gail I'm just trying to entertain you.

Paul I don't want any entertainment! And, I'm sorry I did that. I'm sorry. I am under - oh God, I - I'm unable to get home tonight, you know. I can't get home.

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After Hours

Artistic Endeavors and Urban Exploration

Paul Which way you headed?

Marcy Downtown, SoHo.

Paul Oh, nice... nice. A loft?

Marcy Yeah, she's a sculptress. Lately she's been making these Plaster of Paris bagel and cream cheeses.

Paul Really...

Marcy She's tryin to sell em as paperweights. You wanna buy one?

Paul Paperweights?... uh, yeah I would. How much are they?

Marcy I don't know. Well, if you think you might be interested, her number is 243-3460.

Paul 243-3460.

Marcy Her name's Kiki Bridges.

Paul Kiki Bridges, okay.

Marcy Nice talkin to ya.

Paul Yeah, great talkin to you.

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After Hours

The Risks of Breaking Rules at Work

Paul Couldn't you just give me one token, please?

Subway Attendant I can't do that. I may lose my job.

Paul Well, who would know... exactly?

Subway Attendant I could go to a party, get drunk, talk to someone... who knows?

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After Hours

Obsession with Movies in Relationships

Marcy My husband was a movie freak. Actually, he was particularly obsessed with one movie, "]." He talked about it constantly. I thought it was cute at first. On our wedding night, I was a virgin. When we made love - you've seen the movie, haven't you?

[[The Wizard of Oz]

Paul The Wizard of Oz"? Yeah.

Marcy Well, whenever he - you know, when he came...

Paul Yeah.

Marcy ...he would scream out, "Surrender Dorothy!" That's all! Just "Surrender Dorothy!

Paul Wow.

Marcy Instead of saying something normal like, "Oh, God," or something normal like that. I mean, it was pretty creepy! And I told him I thought so, but he just, he just couldn't stop, he just, he just couldn't stop, he just... couldn't stop.

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After Hours

Late Night Generosity at the Coffee Shop

Paul Could we have the check?

Coffee Shop Cashier It's on the house.

Paul Really?

Coffee Shop Cashier Sure. What the hell. Different rules apply when it get's this late. You know what I mean? It's like after hours.

After Hours

A Request for a Massage

Kiki You do that all day and your own shoulders get pretty sore.

Paul You want a massage?

Kiki You read my mind. Would you?

Paul Sure. I'm not too good at this. I just know a few basic moves.

Kiki Just make it hurt and you're on the right track.

After Hours

A Disturbing Revelation of Past Trauma

Paul Why don't you just tell me what's wrong?

Marcy I was raped once. As a matter of fact it happened right here in this very room. I lived here once. He came in through there on the fire escape. He held a knife to my throat and said if I made a move, he'd cut my tongue out. He tied me to the bed... he took his time... six hours.

Paul My god... Was he, uh... did they get this guy?

Marcy No. Actually it was a boyfriend of mine. To tell you the truth, I slept through most of it. So... there you are.

After Hours

Questioning the Authenticity of Colombian Pot

Paul What type of pot is this?

Marcy Colombian.

Paul That's a lie.

Marcy What?

Paul This isn't Colombian. I don't even think it's pot.

Marcy That's what the guy who sold it to me said it was...

Paul Well, the guy who sold it to you is a liar. So are you.

Marcy Don't get upset, I just won't buy it from him anymore. Are you all right?

Paul Where are those Plaster of Paris paperweights, anyway? I mean, that's what I came down here to see in the first place. Well, that's not entirely true, I came to see you, but where are the paperweights? That's what I wanna see now!

Marcy What's the matter?

Paul I said I wanna see a Plaster of Paris bagel and cream cheese paperweight, now cough it up.

Marcy Right now?

Paul Yes, right now!

Marcy They're in Kiki's bedroom.

Paul Then get em, cause as we sit here chatting, there are important papers flying rampant around my apartment cause I don't have ANYTHING to hold them down with.

After Hours

The Value of Ugly Art

Pepe Art sure is ugly.

Neil Shows how much you know about art. The uglier the art, the more it's worth.

Pepe This must be worth a fortune, man.

After Hours

Complicated Friendships and Their Expectations

Paul Greg called.

Marcy Oh, how'd that little faggot find out I was staying here tonight? He probably wants to whine to me about his latest boyfriend.

Paul Friends like that are hard to deal with sometimes.

Marcy Well, that's what friends are for!

After Hours

Existential Confusion of a Simple Worker

Paul Hackett What do you want from me? What have I done? I'm just a word processor, for Christ sake!

[on his knees, screaming to the heavens]

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