American Buffalo

Buy This Item American Buffalo by MGM (Video & DVD)  Available from Amazon  $12.99  on 11-17-2008     Two-time Academy AwardÂ(r) winner* Dustin Hoffman and two-time Emmy winner Dennis Franz ("NYPD Blue") deliver tour-de-force performances as volatile small-time hustlers in this edgy, electrifying story of trust, betrayal and loyalty gone dangerously awry. American Buffalo is a riveting study in human virtue and vulnerability from Pulitzer Prize-winning writer David Mamet (Wag the Dog, The Edge, The Untouchables) and director Michael Corrente. For down-and-out junk dealer Don (Franz), life goes from unlucky to unbearable when he discovers that the rare, buffalo head nickel he just sold for $90 is worth ten times as much! Refusing to let himself beout-swindled, Don enlists the help of a young protÃ(c)gÃ(c) (Sean Nelson) in a scheme to steal the coin back. But their plans are suddenly altered by the intrusion of Teach (Hoffman), a disturbingly aggressive would-be thief who badgers Don into cutting him in on the heista decision that carries explosive consequences for everyone involved. *1988: Actor, Rain Man; 1979: Actor, Kramer vs. Kramer Reader Reviews I worked at thr YMCA in Pawtucket, R.I.,where this was filmed, and was fortunate to see alot of the shooting! One scene was filmed directly outside the YMCA's doors! Met Dennis Franz....what a nice guy! Met the director also....he too was quite congenial.Saw Hoffman,but could not get too close to him...Not like the bear hug, and joking around I enjoyed with Dennis Franz! I liked the movie for perhaps sentimental reasons...and also the young male actor in it was quite good, as well as of course Hoffman, and Franz...but could have done without some elements that were "overdone" i.e. swearing. It is a pretty decent film on the whole.The three actors seemed to work very well together, and I noticed,enjoyed goofing around with each other off-set!

American Buffalo Available from Amazon Price: $12.99 Updated on 11-17-2008.

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