Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with the seventeen-year-old niece of his ex-girlfriend. This gets him into serious trouble with her father.
Director: Steve Buscemi.
Writer: Steve Buscemi.
Stars: Carol Kane, Mark Boone Junior, Steve Buscemi, Bronson Dudley, Anthony LaPaglia, Michael Buscemi, Elizabeth Bracco, John Ventimiglia, Steven Randazzo, Suzanne Shepherd, Rockets Redglare, Joe Lisi, Debi Mazar, Eszter Balint, Richard Boes, Brooke Smith, Carina Finn, Seymour Cassel, Michael Storms, Irma St. Paule, Kevin Corrigan, Annette Arnold, Michael Imperioli, Daniella Rich, Marilyn Chris, Victor Arnold, Chloë Sevigny, Christine Gildea, Marissa Lanzello, Roberta Hanley, Samuel L. Jackson, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Io Tillett Wright, Daniel Baldwin, Lucian Buscemi, Bianca Hunter, Charlie Newmark.
Cinematographer: Lisa Rinzler.
Composer: Evan Lurie.
1996 Cannes Film Festival – Nominated for the Golden Camera.
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I tagged this one as “HD” but it’s not a great transfer, still better than the widescreen DVD released by Pioneer in 1999 but I expected better. No Bluray release so far. Comparison with the DVD here.

Recently restored by IndieCollect
Great news! I knew this film could look better than this haha.
‘Sit in here and keep your foot on the gas pedal. I wanna run upstairs and change my T-shirt.” A genuine American indie classic, it somehow manages to be extremely funny almost throughout without trivializing its main theme: alcoholism. I hope Steve Buscemi–who gives his richest and most quintessential performance here–starts writing again.