Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground

Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground

80 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | July 24, 1997

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.

Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground

80 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | July 24, 1997

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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Clinica Estetico, HBO, HBO Films, Ten in a Car Productions
Original title Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground
Directors Lucas Platt, Patricia Benoit, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Alison Maclean, Julie Dash, Abel Ferrara, Ted Demme, Bob Balaban, Craig McKay, Jonathan Demme
Writers Angela Todd, Marla Hanson, Lynn Grossman, Albert Innaurato, Seth Zvi Rosenfeld, Julie Dash, Danny Hoch, Joe Viola, John Guare, Adam Brooks

Cast

Jerry Stiller

as Old Man (segment "The 5:24")

Steve Zahn

as Tucker (segment "The 5:24")

Bill Irwin

as Bill Irwin (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

KRS-One

as Vendor (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Andre B. Blake

as Knish Buyer (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Robert W. Castle

as Knish Buyer (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Tina North

as Grandmother (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Paul Lazar

as Mr. Nervous (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Anthony S. Calypso

as Knish Buyer (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Marlon Cherry

as Musician (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Carl J. Ferrazza

as Hot Dog Buyer (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Daniel Freedman

as Strange Man (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Marc Mueller

as (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Paul Mueller

as (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Simon Seven

as (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Joe Toutebon

as Knish Buyer (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Daniel Wolff

as Knish Buyer (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Mari Danzi

as (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Lara McFarlane

as (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Angie Utt

as Distinguished Rider (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Audrey Meyers

as Distinguished Rider (segment "Subway Car from Hell")

Denis Leary

as Wheelchair Man (segment "The Red Shoes")

Christine Lahti

as Red Shoe Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")

N'Bushe Wright

as Young Girl (segment "The Red Shoes")

Marie Barrientos

as Ragged Woman (segment "The Red Shoes")

O.L. Duke

as News Seller (segment "The Red Shoes")

Ellen Gould

as Shopper (segment "The Red Shoes")

John C. Vennema

as Executive (segment "The Red Shoes")

Sixto Ramos

as Security Guard (segment "The Red Shoes")

Erika Greene

as (segment "The Red Shoes")

Bonnie Hunt

as Fern McDermott (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")

Richard Spore

as White Man (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")

Mekhi Phifer

as Man in Hallway (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")

José Ramón Rosario

as Transit Worker (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")

Nancy Ticotin

as Business Woman (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")

John Ford Noonan

as Blanket Man (segment "Fern's Heart of Darkness")

Lili Taylor

as Belinda (segment "The Listeners")

Michael Rapaport

as Jake (segment "The Listeners")

Israel Horovitz

as Older Man (segment "The Listeners")

Mercedes Ruehl

as Leyla (segment "Underground")

Zachary Taylor

as Wayne (segment "Underground")

Peter Sarsgaard

as Boy No. 1 (segment "Underground")

Jeremy Jordan

as Boy No. 2 (segment "Underground")

Bruce Smolanoff

as Boy No. 3 (segment "Underground")

Rob Clasen

as Boy No. 4 (segment "Underground")

Jay Bailey

as Subway Musician (segment "Underground")

Sarita Choudhury

as Humera (segment "Honey-Getter")

Nicole Ari Parker

as Sharon (segment "Honey-Getter")

Ajay Naidu

as Prashant (segment "Honey-Getter")

Danny Hoch

as Edward (segment "Honey-Getter")

Steven Randazzo

as Officer Mulioli (segment "Honey-Getter")

Gi Shen

as Subway Musician (segment "Honey-Getter")

Kenny Garrett

as Sax Player (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

Sam Rockwell

as Man Eating (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

Sol Frieder

as Old News Man (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

Tammi Cubilette

as Denise (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

Kavi Ladnier

as D'Jamila (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

Bruklin Harris

as Dorcas (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

Taral Hicks

as Woman with Flowers (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

Daniel Rous

as Jewish Cantor (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

Will Hare

as Homeless Man (segment "Sax Cantor Riff")

Rosie Perez

as The Girl (segment "Love on the A Train")

Michael McGlone

as John T. (segment "Love on the A Train")

Gretchen Mol

as Wife (segment "Love on the A Train")

Gregory Hines

as Jack (segment "Manhattan Miracle")

Anne Heche

as Pregnant Girl (segment "Manhattan Miracle")

George T. Odom

as Miracle Old Man (segment "Manhattan Miracle")