- Trees Lounge
Infobox_Film
name = Trees Lounge
writer =Steve Buscemi
starring =Steve Buscemi Mark Boone Junior Chloë Sevigny
director =Steve Buscemi
producer =Brad Wyman Chris Hanley
distributor =Live Entertainment
Orion ClassicsArtisan Entertainment
released =October 11 th,1996
runtime = 95 min.
language = English
music =Evan Lurie
Hayden
imdb_id = 0117958 |"Trees Lounge" is the 1996 feature
film debut as writer and director bySteve Buscemi . It was produced byBrad Wyman andChris Hanley and features a large ensemble cast of actors, including Buscemi who would later direct HBO's "The Sopranos ". It also featuresAnthony LaPaglia ,Chloë Sevigny andSamuel L. Jackson .It was filmed in Glendale,
Queens ,Brooklyn , andValley Stream , New York.Plot
The film follows Tommy Basilio (Buscemi), a 30 year-old alcoholic and fixture at the local bar, Trees Lounge, who begins to float after losing his girlfriend of 8 years and his job as a mechanic as he figures out how to deal with the mistakes he's made in his life which he is forced to face every day.
Despite the often dark subject matter, the film has its lighthearted moments, and shows its deeply flawed characters in a more or less sympathetic light.
elected cast
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Steve Buscemi – Tommy
*Mark Boone Junior – Mike
*Chloë Sevigny – Debbie
*Elizabeth Bracco – Theresa
*Daniel Baldwin – Jerry
*Carol Kane – Connie
*Anthony LaPaglia – Rob
*Seymour Cassel – Uncle Al
*Samuel L. Jackson – Wendell
*Michael Imperioli – George
*John Ventimiglia – JohnnyAwards
"Trees Lounge" earned Buscemi nominations for Best First Screenplay as well as Best First Feature (along with producers Brad Wyman and Chris Wyman) at the 1997
Independent Spirit Awards , though it won neither.External links
*imdb title|id=0117958|title=Trees Lounge
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