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Buffalo '66
Buffalo '66
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vincent Gallo
Screenplay by	Vincent Gallo; Alison Bangall
Story by	Vincent Gallo
Produced by	Chris Hanley
Starring	Vincent Gallo; Christina Ricci; Anjelica Huston; Ben Gazzara
Cinematography	Lance Acord
Edited by	Curtiss Clayton
Music by	Vincent Gallo
Production; company	Cinépix Film Properties
Distributed by	Lions Gate Films
Release date	June 26, 1998
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Template:Film US
Language	English
Budget	$1.5 million
Box office	$2,375,097

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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.

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, and it is only at the end that he allows Layla to give him the love and comfort he has been needing all his life.

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]

Cast

Vincent Gallo (John Sansone, young) as Billy Brown
Christina Ricci as Layla
Anjelica Huston as Jan Brown
Ben Gazzara as Jimmy Brown
Mickey Rourke as The Bookie
Rosanna Arquette as Wendy Balsam
Jan-Michael Vincent as Sonny
Kevin Pollak and Alex Karras as TV sportcasters
John Rummel as Don Shanks
Bob Wahl as Scott Woods
Penny Wolfgang as The Judge

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]

References

^ Buffalo '66 at Box Office Mojo
^ "50 Greatest Independent Films From Empire". Filmsite.org. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
^ It's Super Bowl loser Norwood's unlucky number. Here's why... Gary Imlach, The Guardian, January 7, 2007.
^ Tiffany Lee-Youngren (2005-01-18). "Truth or consequences". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
^ Dish, Daily (2004-07-13). "Ricci's traumatic gallo memories". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
^ Dave Calhoun. "Christina Ricci interview". Time Out. Retrieved 2008-04-15.

External links

[1] Buffalo '66 at Box Office Mojo

[2] "50 Greatest Independent Films From Empire". Filmsite.org. 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. Retrieved 2008-04-15.

[5] Dish, Daily (2004-07-13). "Ricci's traumatic gallo memories". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-04-15.

[6] Dave Calhoun. "Christina Ricci interview". Time Out. Retrieved 2008-04-15.

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