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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When The Creeper and his [[TheDragon dragon]] come to Paul's apartment to find Rashid, Paul asks who he has the pleasure of speaking with. The Creeper chuckles at that, and tells him their conversation will be about business.
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* DoNotCallMePaul: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] - when Paul figures out who The Creeper is and says so, his [[TheDragon dragon]] immediately gets in Paul's face and tells Paul to call The Creeper "Charles" because he doesn't like the other name.
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* KilledOffscreen: Right before Auggie tells Paul his Christmas story, we see him holding a newspaper that has a story about The Creeper and his [[TheDragon dragon]] getting killed during a robbery attempt.
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* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: The movie is set in 1990, as indicated by a title card that appears early in the movie, as well as the fact the guys who hang around Auggie's cigar store talk about the end of the UsefulNotes/ColdWar.
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* SelfPlagiarism: The story Paul tells Rashid about the boy who discovered his father frozen in a block of ice is taken from Auster's novel ''The New York Trilogy''.
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* SelfPlagiarism: The story Paul tells Rashid about the boy who discovered his father frozen in a block of ice is taken from Auster's novel ''The New York Trilogy''.''Literature/TheNewYorkTrilogy''.
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* BookBurning: A non-political example as shown in the exchange between Paul and Rashid at the top of the page.
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''Smoke'' is a 1995 SliceOfLife film directed by Wayne Wang, starring Creator/WilliamHurt, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Creator/StockardChanning, Creator/HaroldPerrineau, Creator/AshleyJudd, and Creator/ForestWhitaker.
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''Smoke'' is a 1995 SliceOfLife film directed by Wayne Wang, Creator/WayneWang, starring Creator/WilliamHurt, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Creator/StockardChanning, Creator/HaroldPerrineau, Creator/AshleyJudd, and Creator/ForestWhitaker.
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* PlayingGertrude: A GenderFlipped version; Creator/HaroldPerrineau is only two years younger than Creator/ForestWhitaker, even though he's playing Whitaker's biological son.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Most of the scene of Auggie telling his Christmas story is done in one, unbroken five-minute shot.
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* PlayingGertrude: A GenderFlipped version; Creator/HaroldPerrineau is only two years younger than Creator/ForestWhitaker, even though he's playing Whitaker's biological son.
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* ShoutOut: "[[Literature/ThreeLittlePigs So he huffed and he puffed]], and he smoked his book."
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''Smoke'' is a 1995 SliceOfLife film directed by Wayne Wang, starring Creator/WilliamHurt, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Stockard Channing, Creator/StockardChanning, Creator/HaroldPerrineau, Creator/AshleyJudd, and Creator/ForestWhitaker.
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* CoversAlwaysLie: The poster only features Creator/HarveyKeitel, Stockard Channing, and Creator/AshleyJudd, as if they were the main characters, and they were close. Judd's character hardly figures in the movie; and while Keitel plays one of the major characters, Channing plays more of a supporting role.
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** When Auggie tells the guys who hang around his store about what happened to Paul's wife (she got caught in the crossfire of a shootout nearby), one of them says, "Film/BadDayAtBlackRock all around, huh, Auggie?"
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* GenreSavvy: Auggie correctly guesses the money Rashid gives to him (to make up for what he did; see NiceJobBreakingItHero below) is probably stolen.
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'''''Smoke''''' is a SliceOfLife film starring Creator/WilliamHurt, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Stockard Channing, Creator/HaroldPerrineau, Creator/AshleyJudd and Creator/ForestWhitaker. It centers on Paul Benjamin (Hurt), a writer still mourning the loss of his wife, Rashid (Perrineau), a street kid who saves Paul's life one day, Auggie Wren (Keitel), owner of the cigar store Paul frequents, Ruby (Channing), Auggie's ex-girlfriend, and Cyrus (Whitaker), Rashid's biological father.
Followed by a spin-off movie, ''Blue in the Face''.
Followed by a spin-off movie, ''Blue in the Face''.
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It centers on Paul Benjamin (Hurt), a writer still mourning the loss of his wife, Rashid (Perrineau), a street kid who saves Paul's life one day, Auggie Wren (Keitel), owner of the cigar store Paul frequents, Ruby (Channing), Auggie's ex-girlfriend, and Cyrus (Whitaker), Rashid's biological father.
Followed later that year by a spin-off movie, ''Blue in the
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'''''Smoke''''' is a SliceOfLife film starring Creator/WilliamHurt, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Stockard Channing, Creator/HaroldPerrineau, Ashley Judd Creator/AshleyJudd and Creator/ForestWhitaker. It centers on Paul Benjamin (Hurt), a writer still mourning the loss of his wife, Rashid (Perrineau), a street kid who saves Paul's life one day, Auggie Wren (Keitel), owner of the cigar store Paul frequents, Ruby (Channing), Auggie's ex-girlfriend, and Cyrus (Whitaker), Rashid's biological father.
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* TheMatchmaker: Rashid asks a bookstore clerk out for Paul.
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* WaxingLyrical: When Auggie hears Rashid has just turned 17, he starts trying to sing "[[Creator/FrankSinatra It was a Very Good Year]]" before giving up.
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* WaxingLyrical: When Auggie hears Rashid has just turned 17, he starts trying to sing "[[Creator/FrankSinatra "[[Music/FrankSinatra It was a Very Good Year]]" before giving up.
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'''''Smoke''''' is a SliceOfLife film starring Creator/WilliamHurt, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Stockard Channing, Harold Perrineau, Creator/HaroldPerrineau, Ashley Judd and Creator/ForestWhitaker. It centers on Paul Benjamin (Hurt), a writer still mourning the loss of his wife, Rashid (Perrineau), a street kid who saves Paul's life one day, Auggie Wren (Keitel), owner of the cigar store Paul frequents, Ruby (Channing), Auggie's ex-girlfriend, and Cyrus (Whitaker), Rashid's biological father.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/BreakingBad Gus Fring]] is one of the hangers-on at Auggie's shop, and [[Series/MadMen Lane Pryce]] works for Auggie.
** [[Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet Bo Felton's estranged wife]] is the bookstore clerk Rashid and Paul ask out.
** [[Series/{{Fame}} Coco]] (or, if you prefer, [[Series/VeronicaMars Alicia Fennel]]) is Cyrus' second wife.
** [[Series/NewYorkUndercover Detective Williams]] is the Creeper.
** [[Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet Bo Felton's estranged wife]] is the bookstore clerk Rashid and Paul ask out.
** [[Series/{{Fame}} Coco]] (or, if you prefer, [[Series/VeronicaMars Alicia Fennel]]) is Cyrus' second wife.
** [[Series/NewYorkUndercover Detective Williams]] is the Creeper.
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* WhiteMansBurden: Paul helping Rashid to reconcile with his father.
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''Smoke'' is a SliceOfLife film starring Creator/WilliamHurt, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Stockard Channing, Harold Perrineau, Ashley Judd and Forest Whitaker.Creator/ForestWhitaker. It centers on Paul Benjamin (Hurt), a writer still mourning the loss of his wife, Rashid (Perrineau), a street kid who saves Paul's life one day, Auggie Wren (Keitel), owner of the cigar store Paul frequents, Ruby (Channing), Auggie's ex-girlfriend, and Cyrus (Whitaker), Rashid's biological father.
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* EverybodySmokes: All the main characters in this movie smoke, and Paul and Auggie are seen smoking throughout. However, near the end, Paul buys only one box of cigarettes rather than two because he's trying to cut down.
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* SmokingIsCool: All the main characters in this movie smoke, and Paul and Auggie are seen smoking throughout. However, near the end, Paul buys only one box of cigarettes rather than two because he's trying to cut down.
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* SmokingIsCool: All the main characters in this movie smoke, and Paul and Auggie are seen smoking throughout. However, near the end, Paul buys only one box of cigarettes rather than two because he's trying to cut down.
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* ChekhovsGun: The bag of money Rashid took from the Creeper.
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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: This is how Ruby gets Auggie to help her confront Felicity, by claiming she's his daughter. Afterwards, Ruby admits she doesn't know for sure.
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AdaptationExpansion: The movie is based on the short story "Auggie Wren's Christmas Story" by Paul Auster. The entire story is filmed in the last 12 minutes of the movie (as well as part of what plays over the closing credits); everything that happens before then was made up by Auster and co-writer/director Wayne Wang.
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AuthorAvatar: Paul Benjamin.
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GenreSavvy: Auggie correctly guesses the money Rashid gives to him (to make up for what he did; see NiceJobBreakingItHero below) is probably stolen.
*WaxingLyricalHeyItsThatGuy: [[Series/BreakingBad Gus Fring]] is one of the hangers-on at Auggie's shop, and [[Series/MadMen Lane Pryce]] works for Auggie.
** [[Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet Bo Felton's estranged wife is the bookstore clerk Rashid and Paul ask out.
** [[Series/{{Fame}} Coco]] (or, if you prefer, [[Series/VeronicaMars Alicia Fennel]]) is Cyrus' second wife.
** [[Series/NewYorkUndercover Detective Williams]] is the Creeper.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Auggie to Rashid after Rashid accidentally spills water on the Monte Cristo cigars Auggie was planning on selling, and thereby ruining them.
* SelfPlagiarism: The story Paul tells Rashid about the boy who discovered his father frozen in a block of ice is taken from Auster's novel ''The New York Trilogy''.
* ShoutOut: "[[Literature/ThreeLittlePigs So he huffed and he puffed]], and he smoked his book."
* TemptingFate: Auggie is sure nothing will go wrong with the Monte Cristo cigars he plans to sell.
* WaxingLyrical: When Auggie hears Rashid has just turned 17, he starts trying to sing "[[Creator/FrankSinatra It was a Very Good Year]]" before giving up.
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** [[Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet Bo Felton's estranged wife is the bookstore clerk Rashid and Paul ask out.
** [[Series/{{Fame}} Coco]] (or, if you prefer, [[Series/VeronicaMars Alicia Fennel]]) is Cyrus' second wife.
** [[Series/NewYorkUndercover Detective Williams]] is the Creeper.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Auggie to Rashid after Rashid accidentally spills water on the Monte Cristo cigars Auggie was planning on selling, and thereby ruining them.
* SelfPlagiarism: The story Paul tells Rashid about the boy who discovered his father frozen in a block of ice is taken from Auster's novel ''The New York Trilogy''.
* ShoutOut: "[[Literature/ThreeLittlePigs So he huffed and he puffed]], and he smoked his book."
* TemptingFate: Auggie is sure nothing will go wrong with the Monte Cristo cigars he plans to sell.
* WaxingLyrical: When Auggie hears Rashid has just turned 17, he starts trying to sing "[[Creator/FrankSinatra It was a Very Good Year]]" before giving up.
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->'''Paul:''' It's 1942, right. [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII He's caught in Leningrad during the siege]]; I'm talking about one of the worst moments in human history. 500,000 people died in that one place. And there's Baktin, holed up in an apartment, expecting to be killed any day. He has plenty of tobacco, but no paper to roll it in. So he takes the pages of a manuscript he's been working on for ten years, and tears them up, so he can roll his cigarettes.
->'''Rashid:''' His only copy.
->'''Paul:''' His '''only''' copy. ({{Beat}}) I mean, if you think you're gonna die, what's more important, a good book or a good smoke?
''Smoke'' is a SliceOfLife film starring Creator/WilliamHurt, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Stockard Channing, Harold Perrineau, Ashley Judd and Forest Whitaker. It centers on Paul Benjamin (Hurt), a writer still mourning the loss of his wife, Rashid (Perrineau), a street kid who saves Paul's life one day, Auggie Wren (Keitel), owner of the cigar store Paul frequents, Ruby (Channing), Auggie's ex-girlfriend, and Cyrus (Whitaker), Rashid's biological father.
Followed by a spin-off movie, ''Blue in the Face''.
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->'''Rashid:''' His only copy.
->'''Paul:''' His '''only''' copy. ({{Beat}}) I mean, if you think you're gonna die, what's more important, a good book or a good smoke?
''Smoke'' is a SliceOfLife film starring Creator/WilliamHurt, Creator/HarveyKeitel, Stockard Channing, Harold Perrineau, Ashley Judd and Forest Whitaker. It centers on Paul Benjamin (Hurt), a writer still mourning the loss of his wife, Rashid (Perrineau), a street kid who saves Paul's life one day, Auggie Wren (Keitel), owner of the cigar store Paul frequents, Ruby (Channing), Auggie's ex-girlfriend, and Cyrus (Whitaker), Rashid's biological father.
Followed by a spin-off movie, ''Blue in the Face''.
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