Film

Smoke

1995 · 1h 52m · Comedy · Drama

The most precious things are lighter than air.

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

89%

Metacritic

70

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.

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

Victor Argo

Vinnie

Michelle Hurst

Aunt Em

Erica Gimpel

Doreen Cole

Deirdre O'Connell

Sue the Waitress

Malik Yoba

The Creeper

Murray Moston

Waiter

• Wayne WangDirector
• Paul AusterWriter
• Hisami KuroiwaProducer
• Peter NewmanProducer
• Kenzo HorikoshiProducer
• Greg JohnsonProducer
• Satoru IsekiExecutive Producer
• Harvey WeinsteinExecutive Producer
• Bob WeinsteinExecutive Producer
• Adam HolenderDirector of Photography

Official Trailer

Release date

June 9, 1995

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Budget

$7,000,000

Revenue

$8,349,430

Genres

Comedy, Drama

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