American Buffalo
MGM / UA (1996)
Drama
In Collection
#777
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Seen ItYes
027616857651
IMDB   5.7
1 hr 29 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Dustin Hoffman Teach
Dennis Franz Don
Sean Nelson Bobby
Director
Michael Corrente
Producer Gregory Mosher
Sarah Green
Writer David Mamet

David Mamet 's play about three losers planning a robbery is brought to the screen in an admirably simple, straightforward manner. Don ( Dennis Franz ) is the owner of an "antique store" (read: junk shop) who discovers that the buffalo head nickel he recently sold to a coin collector was a lot more valuable than he imagined. Don hatches a scheme in which he and Bobby ( Sean Nelson ), a teenage kid who works at the shop, will steal the nickel back and sell it for a much higher price. Teach ( Dustin Hoffman ), Don's down-on-his-luck buddy, insists on coming in on the job, but Don isn't sure he wants Teach's help — or that the robbery is a good idea at all. While director Michael Corrente occasionally moves the action out of the shop (unlike the original play), American Buffalo maintains nearly all the dialogue of the original play and its three-man cast. — Mark Deming
Edition Details
Distributor MGM (Video & DVD)
Chapters 16
Release Date 2002
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Original Theatrical Trailer