Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett (Griffin Dunne) ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman (Rosanna Arquette). So begins the wildest night of his life, as bizarre occurrences—involving underground-art punks, a distressed waitress, a crazed Mister Softee truck driver, and a bagel-and-cream-cheese paperweight—pile up with anxiety-inducing relentlessness and thwart his attempts to get home. With this Kafkaesque cult classic, Martin Scorsese—abetted by Michael Ballhaus’s kinetic cinematography and scene-stealing supporting turns by Linda Fiorentino, Teri Garr, Catherine O’Hara, and John Heard—directed a darkly comic tale of mistaken identity, turning the desolate night world of 1980s SoHo into a bohemian wonderland of surreal menace. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New 4K digital restoration, approved by editor Thelma Schoonmaker, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New program featuring director Martin Scorsese interviewed by writer Fran Lebowitz Audio commentary from 2004 featuring Scorsese, Schoonmaker, director of photography Michael Ballhaus, actor and producer Griffin Dunne, and producer Amy Robinson, with additional comments recorded in 2023 Documentary about the making of the film featuring Dunne, Robinson, Schoonmaker, and Scorsese New program on the look of the film featuring costume designer Rita Ryack and production designer Jeffrey Townsend Deleted scenes Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Sheila O’MalleyNew cover by Drusilla Adeline/Sister Hyde
