Smoke poster
Writer Paul Auster
Director Wayne Wang

Smoke

Tagline: The most precious things are lighter than air.

Release Date: 1995-06-09

Duration: 112 minutes

Synopsis

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

Casting

  • Giancarlo Esposito
    1st OTB Man / Tommy
  • Ashley Judd
    Felicity
  • Harvey Keitel
    Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
  • Harold Perrineau
    Thomas 'Rashid' Cole
  • Stockard Channing
    Ruby McNutt
  • Jared Harris
    Jimmy Rose
  • Forest Whitaker
    Cyrus Cole
  • José Zúñiga
    2nd OTB Man / Jerry
  • William Hurt
    Paul Benjamin
  • Erica Gimpel
    Doreen Cole