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Chinese Coffee

There's a fine line between friendship and betrayal.

6.8(73)20001h 39m2

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.

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Released
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Language
English
  • new york city
  • friendship
  • jealousy
  • photographer
  • writing
  • chinatown
  • based on play or musical
  • author

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Behind the camera

Director

Al Pacino

Writers

Ira Lewis

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR2 Sept 2000

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Chinese Coffee was released on 2 September 2000.

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    tmdb28039023

    9/10/2022

    6/10

    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…

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