Brief Plot:

    Blue In The Face is the sequal to Smoke, not all the actors could return to Auggie Wren's cigar shop, but they were replaced by some well-known stars making cameo appearances. Lily Tomlin plays a strange man in search of Belgian waffles, Michael J. Fox appears as an equally odd man conducting a bizarre survey, Madonna delivers a singing telegram, and Roseanne does a dramatic scene as the wife of the shops owner. What plot there is concerns the owner?s desire to close the cigar store and rent the space to a vegetarian restaurant. In a documentary style, there are interviews with Brooklyn residents, archival footage of the demolition of Ebbets Field, and other attempts to show the look and feel of life in Brooklyn. In spite of the star appearances, it's the nonactors who provide much of the genuine warmth and easy improvisation as thinly veiled characters. A man with unusual glasses (musician Lou Reed), looking right into the camera, explains why he loves Brooklyn and feels nervous in Stockholm. Bob (filmmaker Jim Jarmusch) comes in to smoke his last cigarette with Auggie; he then demonstrates how one can always tell who the bad guys are in the movies because they invariably hold their cigarettes in a strange manner. As in Smoke, Harvey Keitel holds the whole ensemble together with his touching portrayal of Auggie, a kind of Brooklyn everyman.

Quotes:

Tommy: I don't eat shit. It's against my religion.
Pete: What religion is that?
Tommy: The religion of sanity, Peter. You should try it some time.
Pete: I did, but I was excommunicated.

Cast:

Peter Maloney	Michael J Fox
Man With Strange Glasses	Lou Reed
Vinnie's Wife	Roseanne
Violetta	Mel Gorham
Bob	Jim Jarmusch
The Waffle Eater	Lily Tomlin
Jimmy Rose	Jared Harris
Tommy Finelli	Giancarlo Esposito
The Watch Man	Malik Yoba
Jerry	Jose Zuniga
Vinnie	Victor Argo
Dennis	Stephen Gevedon
Singing Telegram	Madonna
Purse Snatcher	Sharif Rashed
The Young Lady	Mira Sorvino
Jacki Robinson	Keith David
Waitress	Peggy Gormley
Auggie Wren	Harvey Keitel

Photo Gallery:

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Goofs:

Dot bolts the store door to talk with Auggie, then leaves without unlocking it.

Trivia:

It was filmed in just five days, using the same set and much of the same cast as 'Smoke'.