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02/09/2000 Drama 1h 39m
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There's a fine line between friendship and betrayal.

Overview

When Harry Levine, an aging, unsuccessful Greenwich Village writer, is fired from his job as restaurant doorman, he calls on friend and mentor Jake, ostensibly to collect a long-standing debt.

  1. Al Pacino

    Director

  2. Ira Lewis

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Al Pacino

    Harry Levine

  2. Jerry Orbach

    Jake Manheim

  3. Susan Floyd

    Joanna

  4. Ellen McElduff

    Mavis

  5. Michel Moinot

    Maurice

  6. Judette Jones

    Supermarket cashier

  7. Paul J.Q. Lee

    Counterman

  8. Joel Eidelsberg

    Harry's Brother

  9. Maria Gentile

    Sarah / Bellydancer

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023
Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-09-10
In Carlito's Way, Al Pacino warns us that “a favor’s gonna kill you faster than a bullet.” In Chinese Coffee (2000) we see what he meant by that. Harry Levine (Pacino) and Jake Manheim (Jerry Orbach), whose friendship seems to illustrate that misery loves company, have exchanged favors; Harry loaned Jake $500 to buy photographic equipment, and Jake said he would read Harry's manuscript.

Jake, however, has no money to pay the strapped-for-cash Harry back (both are starving artists at an age when this lifestyle has long since ceased to be a voluntary choice and has become "nothing but a...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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