The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Eight drug addicts are waiting for their connection in a New York apartment while a two-man documentary team films the proceedings. Things go out of control as the men grow increasingly nervous and the cameraman keeps recording.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Shirley ClarkeDirector
- Jack GelberWriter
- Freddie ReddOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Warren FinnertyLeach
- Jerome RaphaelSolly
- Garry GoodrowErnie
- Carl LeeCowboy
- Barbara WinchesterSister Salvation
- Henry ProachHarry
- Roscoe Lee BrowneJ. J. Burden (as Roscoe Brown)
- William RedfieldJim Dunn
- Freddie ReddPiano Player
- Jackie McLeanSax Player
- Larry RichieDrummer
- Michael MattosBass Player
Stills
Themes
new york cityheroindrug addictionmockumentaryloftfake documentarywoman directorpseudo-documentarythe living theatre