Filmbrain's Screen Capture Quiz: Round 6, Week 12

In 1985 the cost of a NYC subway token was ninety cents, yet on one particularly unlucky night for Griffin Dunne it went up to a whopping $1.50, which left our .97¢ hero trapped in the abyss of SoHo, when all he wanted was to go home. This of course is the basic premise behind After Hours, Martin Scorsese's comical essay on uptown's incompatibility with downtown -- a portrait that is as accurate today as it was twenty years ago. Emails were flying back and forth about the subway in question. Was it the West- or East-side Spring St. station, and how could Filmbrain know for sure? A close inspection of the film reveals that Dunne hails a taxi on E64th St., which means he would be hopping the 6 home. (Yes, yes...this is easily the most geeked-out moment in this blog's history.) Well....here we are at week 12, the final week of Round 6. Between the holidays and catching up on films missed in 2005, Filmbrain didn't even realize it was coming to an end. A reminder that the first, second and third place winners can select any title used in this round as a prize (assuming the title is still in print). Check back next week for the winners. What better way to close out the round than with a beautiful closing shot. Name the film, and for yet another bonus point, name the actor who appears in two different roles in the film. Submit your answers to this address. Good luck!

Comments

[Jimmy]

I didn't realize it was not explicit in the film which train he was trying to catch. But I had the distinct feeling that he was on the east side of Soho during most of his night there. Maybe you can see some street signs as he flees Catherine O'Hara and Teri Garr.

[Campaspe]

I don't find it geeky at all. Just about every New Yorker I know tries to figure out subway stations and lines in movies.

Okay, so maybe that doesn't disprove the geeky bit ...

[jfigl]

I once spent the week at a friend's loft at Crosby and Grand, an intersection one block north of Kiki Bridge's loft at Crosby and Howard.

I figured you'd want to know.

Paul Hackett asks the station agent pictured in your screen capture how anyone would know if he let Paul ride without paying full fare.

"I could be at a party, get drunk, let it slip."

[Jim Clayton]

I had never referenced your web site before. I was looking for information on Geisha and its alleged two different endings.

I had not yet seen most of the films on your too ten list for 2005. I noticed that following the list your mention two films that I rate as the biggest piece of crap that I have ever seen - Broken Flowers, and You and Me...