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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Profanity Movie Release: 2003 DVD Release: 09/21/2004 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 37 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 6 Genres: Comedy, Urban Comedy

Jim Jarmusch's black-and-white feature Coffee and Cigarettes contains three vignettes originally released as short films along with separate yet somewhat related sketches. As the title suggests, most of the vignettes involve famous people smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee. The first, "Coffee and Cigarettes," is a six-minute short from 1986 starring Stephen Wright and Roberto Benigni. The 1989 installment, "Memphis Version," stars Steve Buscemi, Joie Lee, and Cinqué Lee. The award-winning 1993 segment, "Somewhere in California," stars musicians Iggy Pop and Tom Waits. The remaining sketches include Cate Blanchett performing a duel role, a conversation with Bill Murray and members of the Wu-Tang Clan, and Alfred Molina and British television actor Steve Coogan as themselves. In its full-length version form, Coffee and Cigarettes was shown at the 2003 Venice Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Roberto Benigni
Steven Wright
Joie Lee
Cinqué Lee
Steve Buscemi

Jim Jarmusch's collection of conversations Coffee and Cigarettes was two decades in the making. The feature-length film debuts on DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.78:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1., and English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a short film called "Tabletops" that consists of shots from the film that reveal the tables over which the title items are consumed, an outtake featuring Bill Murray, and the original theatrical trailer. This is a fine presentation of a film sure to please fans of the director. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide