Smoke
The most precious things are lighter than air.
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop.Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate.Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
- Worldwide
- $8M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
21 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Smoke returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $7M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $8M
- Release date
- Jun 9, 1995
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, Japan
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