Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground
The actual experiences of New York City subway riders are dramatized in a collection of 10 intriguing and very different vignettes. The tales showcase an ensemble of familiar faces, and range from stories of compassion and love to reflections on violence and loss. Among them: a disabled beggar quarrels with a woman and ruins her shoes with his wheelchair, provoking onlookers to wrath and pity; a skittish tourist proves to be her own worst enemy; a newlywed trysts with a mysterious sexpot; a commuter helplessly witnesses a suicide attempt; and, in the most affecting segment, a young woman grieves over her mother’s imminent death.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
Director: Abel Ferrara, Alison Maclean, Bob Balaban, Craig McKay, Jonathan Demme, Julie Dash, Lucas Platt, Patricia Benoit, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Ted Demme
Actors: Andre B. Blake, Anthony S. Calypso, Bill Irwin, Jerry Stiller, KRS-One, Marlon Cherry, Paul Lazar, Robert W. Castle, Steve Zahn, Tina North
