IN THE SOUP
In The Soup
Alexandre Rockwell, 1992
Catalog No.: FTF-075
Length: 102 minutes
Broke and desperate filmmaker Adolpho Rollo (Steve Buscemi) is a Manhattan wannabe in love with the mysterious woman next door, Angelica Peña (Jennifer Beals). He puts out an ad offering to sell his 'fabulous' movie script for $500, and gets a response from Joe (Seymour Cassel), who gives him a thousand and says he'll raise the 250,000 to make the picture. The problem is, Joe is a semi-connected wiseguy with a hemophiliac brother Skippy (Will Patton) and a habit of committing oddball crimes. Adolpho has signed on for a wild ride with a guy who shows up in the middle of the night and drags him into risky criminal activity. But Joe's also a sweetheart who terrorizes Adolpho's thug landlords into submission and goes to see Adolpho's mother in the middle of the night to make her feel happy. Best of all, Angelica comes into the picture, thanks mostly to Joe's wild party personality. Adolpho should be happy, but his life has become totally unglued, and his movie dreams seem farther away than ever.
Directed by Alexandre Rockwell
Written by Tim Kissell & Alexandre Rockwell
Produced by Hank Blumenthal, Chosei Funahara, Jim Stark, Junichi Suzuki, Ryuichi Suzuki
Director of Photography: Phil Parmet
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Seymour Cassel, Jennifer Beals, Sam Rockwell, Stanley Tucci, Jim Jarmusch, Carol Kane, Debi Mazar, Elizabeth Bracco, Will Patton, Pat Moya and Rockets Redglare
Festivals: Sundance Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, Deauville Film Festival and more
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March 17, 2022
BAM Cinematheque, Brooklyn, NY info
PRESS
“It's a beautiful film that makes you laugh and speaks to the soul.”
- Jennifer Beals
“You absolutely must see In the Soup, I'll give you your money back if you don't love this movie."
- Seymour Cassel
“Seymour Cassel gives a great comic performance. He absolutely sparkles in this film.”
- Gena Rowlands
"Furiously Clever."
- Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"Hilarious."
- Time Magazine
"Each Scene Sparkles with unpredictable comic twists."
- Newsweek
"Irresistible"
- Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times
"Magical."
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone Magazine
"A quirky, magical style and ironic humor that manage to conjure happy memories of filmmakers ranging from Vittorio De Sica and Luchino Visconti to Woody Allen.”
- Julie Salamon, The Wall Street Journal
“A Sundance Festival hit from the time when Sundance was making its mark, this indie feature is a wonderful oddball pleasure.”
- Danny Graydon, Empire