Chinese Coffee is a play by Ira Lewis which was made into an independent film and released in New York as part of the Tribeca Film Festival, starring Al Pacino and Jerry Orbach. Pacino directed and was introduced by Robert De Niro during the open ceremony. Shot almost exclusively as a one-on-one conversation between the two main characters, it chronicles friendship, love, loss, and humor of daily life. After years of withholding it, Pacino allowed it to be released on June 19, 2007 as a part of a three-movie boxed set called Pacino: An Actor's Vision. Harry Levine is a struggling writer ... ekeing out a living as a doorman — that is, until he is fired. Desperate for money, he pays a visit to his friend Jake Manheim , an arts photographer, to collect an old debt. After Jake says he doesn't have the money, the two engage in an all-night conversation about their respective art, past and present loves, and the directions their lives are heading. The play and film are set in Greenwich Village circa 1982.
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| Release date: | 2000 |
| Directed by: | Al Pacino |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 99 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Salerno, Larry Meistrich |
| Editor: | Michael Berenbaum |
| Music by: | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography: | Frank Prinzi |
| Screenplay by: | Ira Lewis |
| Adapted from: | Chinese Coffee |