

Chinese Coffee
There's a fine line between friendship and betrayal.
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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- English
- new york city
- friendship
- jealousy
- photographer
- writing
- chinatown
- based on play or musical
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- TheatricalR2 Sept 2000
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Chinese Coffee was released on 2 September 2000.
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9/10/2022
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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