After Hours
Movie, 1985, The '80s, Set in One night in SoHo
After Hours is #9 of 26 in release order and #9 of 26 in chronological order in the Martin Scorsese.
The story
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
After Hours recap
After Hours (1985) follows Paul Hackett, a Manhattan computer clerk who goes to SoHo for a date and spends one long night failing to get home. Martin Scorsese directs from Joseph Minion's script, and Griffin Dunne plays Paul. In a cafe he meets Marcy Franklin (Rosanna Arquette), who mentions her sculptor roommate Kiki Bridges (Linda Fiorentino) and her plaster bagel paperweights. In the cab to her loft, his only $20 bill blows out the window. Marcy behaves strangely and Paul, convinced she is hiding burns, leaves, only to find the subway fare has gone up at midnight. A bartender named Tom (John Heard) offers to lend him money if Paul will fetch his keys. From there everything goes wrong: a waitress, Julie (Teri Garr), takes offense when he backs away and puts up posters calling him a burglar, and an ice cream truck driver, Gail (Catherine O'Hara), leads a neighborhood mob after him. Ninth in this list, it follows The King of Comedy and precedes The Color of Money; he won Best Director at Cannes for it.
After Hours ending explained
After Hours ends with Paul hiding from the mob in Club Berlin, where June (Verna Bloom), a sculptor living below, covers him in plaster to disguise him as a statue. The plaster sets. Two burglars who have been stealing art around the neighborhood carry him off as loot, and when their van takes a sharp turn uptown, Paul falls out the back and lands at the gates of his office building as dawn breaks. The plaster cracks off, and he walks in to his desk as his computer screen greets him for another day.
Post-credits scenes
No. After Hours has no mid- or post-credits scene.
Where to watch After Hours
After Hours isn't on a US streaming service right now. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%
Where it fits
- Release order: after The King of Comedy, before The Color of Money.
- Chronological order: after The King of Comedy, before The Color of Money.
Cast
- Griffin Dunne as Paul Hackett
- Rosanna Arquette as Marcy
- Verna Bloom as June
- Tommy Chong as Pepe
- Linda Fiorentino as Kiki
- Teri Garr as Julie
- John Heard as Tom the Bartender
- Cheech Marin as Neil
- Catherine O'Hara as Gail
- Dick Miller as Waiter
- Will Patton as Horst
- Robert Plunket as Street Pickup
Directed by Martin Scorsese.