Last Exit To Brooklyn Movie

Hubert Selby Jr.'s "Last Exit to Brooklyn" is the one landmark American novel you would never expect to see filmed. When it was published in 1964, it sparked an immediate controversy, both legal and critical, for its raw, poetic descriptions of brutal Brooklyn lowlife with uncompromising depictions of violence, much of it sexual, between human beings.

In your May 19 Newswire item on Roberto Baggio, the premier "centrocampisto" (midfielder) in Italian soccer, there were two inaccuracies. Juventus paid Fiorentina $20 million, not $16.5 million, for the rights to Baggio. And the item makes no mention of the fact that the night before the transfer was announced, Juventus and Fiorentina played to a scoreless tie, making Juventus the European champion.

The Edwards Theater chain--which last week backed out of showing the earthy, R-rated "Last Exit to Brooklyn" at its Lido Cinema in Newport Beach--subsequently spent days trying to book the movie into its upscale Hutton Centre multiplex in Santa Ana, The Times has learned. But Edwards got its answer Thursday from the film's distributor: No. The Cinecom distributing company "did not want to add another run in Orange County," said chain chairman Jim Edwards.

The Edwards Theater chain--which last week backed out of showing the earthy, R-rated "Last Exit to Brooklyn" at its Lido Cinema in Newport Beach--subsequently spent days trying to book the movie into its upscale Hutton Centre multiplex in Santa Ana, The Times has learned. But Edwards got its answer Thursday from the film's distributor: No. The Cinecom distributing company "did not want to add another run in Orange County," said chain chairman Jim Edwards.

The Edwards Cinema chain and the film distributor Cinecom were telling different stories Tuesday about Edwards' decision not to open the movie "Last Exit to Brooklyn" at the chain's Lido Cinema in Newport Beach on Friday.

In your May 19 Newswire item on Roberto Baggio, the premier "centrocampisto" (midfielder) in Italian soccer, there were two inaccuracies. Juventus paid Fiorentina $20 million, not $16.5 million, for the rights to Baggio. And the item makes no mention of the fact that the night before the transfer was announced, Juventus and Fiorentina played to a scoreless tie, making Juventus the European champion.

Hubert Selby Jr.'s "Last Exit to Brooklyn" is the one landmark American novel you would never expect to see filmed. When it was published in 1964, it sparked an immediate controversy, both legal and critical, for its raw, poetic descriptions of brutal Brooklyn lowlife with uncompromising depictions of violence, much of it sexual, between human beings.

The Edwards Cinema chain and the film distributor Cinecom were telling different stories Tuesday about Edwards' decision not to open the movie "Last Exit to Brooklyn" at the chain's Lido Cinema in Newport Beach on Friday.