Buffalo '66

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Buffalo '66

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Vincent Gallo
Produced by Chris Hanley
Screenplay by Vincent Gallo
Alison Bagnall
Story by Vincent Gallo
Starring Vincent Gallo
Christina Ricci
Anjelica Huston
Ben Gazzara
Music by Vincent Gallo
Cinematography Lance Acord
Editing by Curtiss Clayton
Studio Cinépix Film Properties
Muse Productions
Lionsgate
Distributed by Lionsgate
Release date(s) June 26, 1998 (1998-06-26)
Running time 120 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $2,375,097[1]

Buffalo ’66 is a 1998 comedy-drama film that is writer/director Vincent Gallo's semi-autobiographical full-length motion picture debut. Gallo and Christina Ricci star in the lead roles and the supporting cast includes Mickey Rourke, Rosanna Arquette, Ben Gazzara, and Anjelica Huston. Gallo also composed and performed much of the music for the film.

Empire listed it as the 36th greatest independent film ever made.[2] It was filmed in and around Gallo's native Buffalo, New York.

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[edit] Plot

Having just served five years in prison for a crime he did not commit, Billy Brown (Vincent Gallo) kidnaps a young tap dancer named Layla (Christina Ricci) and forces her to pretend to be his wife. Layla allows herself to be kidnapped and it is clear she is romantically attracted to Billy from the start, but Billy all the while is compelled to deal with his own demons, his loneliness and his depression.

The subplot of Billy seeking revenge on the man indirectly responsible for his imprisonment, Scott Wood, is a reference to a former Buffalo Bills kicker, Scott Norwood, who missed the game-winning field goal in Super Bowl XXV against the New York Giants in 1991.[3]

[edit] Cast

[edit] Production

Gallo and Ricci reportedly did not get along on the set. He called her a "puppet" who did what she was told.[4] Ricci vowed to never work with Gallo again.[5] She also resented the comments he made about her weight three or four years after filming.[6]

[edit] Reception

Buffalo '66 received mostly positive reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 78% of critics have given the film a positive review, based on 40 reviews, achieving a "Certified Fresh" classification, with an average rating of 7/10.[7] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from film critics, it has a rating score of 68, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Buffalo '66 at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ "50 Greatest Independent Films From Empire". Filmsite.org. http://www.filmsite.org/independentfilms.html. Retrieved 2010-10-19. 
  3. ^ It's Super Bowl loser Norwood's unlucky number. Here's why... Gary Imlach, The Guardian, January 7, 2007.
  4. ^ Tiffany Lee-Youngren (2005-01-18). "Truth or consequences". San Diego Union Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050118/news_lz1c18pubeye.html. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
  5. ^ Dish, Daily (2004-07-13). "Ricci's traumatic gallo memories". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fgate%2Farchive%2F2004%2F07%2F13%2Fddish.DTL&type=printable. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
  6. ^ Dave Calhoun. "Christina Ricci interview". Time Out. http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/2921/. Retrieved 2008-04-15. 
  7. ^ "Buffalo '66 Movie Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/buffalo_66/. Retrieved April 25, 2011. 
  8. ^ "Buffalo '66 Reviews, Ratings, Creditas and More". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/movie/buffalo-66. Retrieved April 25, 2011. 

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