Released:
1995-06-09

Overview:
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.

Directors:
Wayne Wang, Paul Auster

Runtime:
1h 52min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Harvey Keitel
  as
  Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
• 
  William Hurt
  as
  Paul Benjamin
• 
  Stockard Channing
  as
  Ruby McNutt
• 
  Harold Perrineau
  as
  Thomas 'Rashid' Cole
• 
  Forest Whitaker
  as
  Cyrus Cole