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The Golden Boat

6.1 83 mins Drama   Comedy   1991
Nomad Films   Duende Pictures  
Director(s): Raúl Ruiz

Inspired in form by American police TV shows and soap operas, The Golden Boat is a madcap, surreal dash through the streets of New York city, telling the mysterious and often hilarious story of an aged street-person named Austin, a comically compulsive assassin, as he joins up with a young rock critic and philosophy student named Israel Williams. In the course of their adventures, Austin pursues his object of desire - a Mexican soap opera star - and along the way engages a host of TV characters and bit players, whose repartee range from gangsterish insults to the question of God's existence.

Casts of The Golden Boat

Michael Kirby

as Austin

Federico Muchnik

as Israel Williams

Mary Hestand

as Alina

Kathy Acker

as Professor

Kate Valk

as Amelia Lopes

Jim Jarmusch

as Stranger

Barbet Schroeder

as Mean Passer-by

Annie Sprinkle

as Waitress

Hisham Bizri

as Himself

Vito Acconci

as Swiss assassin

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