Trees Lounge
Trees Lounge is a 1996 feature film debut written and directed by Steve Buscemi. It was produced by Brad Wyman and Chris Hanley and features a large ensemble cast of actors, including Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Chlo Sevigny, and Samuel L. Jackson. The films black humor, based on examination of characters selfdestructive behavior, has been cited as an influence by The Sopranos creator David Chase, who later hired Buscemi to direct the Pine Barrens episode of the show and to star as Tony Sopranos cousin Tony Blundetto during the shows fifth season.
The film follows Tommy Basilio Buscemi, an alcoholic and fixture at the local bar, Trees Lounge, who begins to float after losing his girlfriend of eight years Theresa Elizabeth Bracco and his job as a mechanic. His Uncle Al Seymour Cassel dies at the wheel of his icecream truck while out on his rounds and at the wake following his funeral he indulges in lines of cocaine with his brother and cousins. Tommy takes them to the Trees Lounge to carry on drinking, where a drunken brawl breaks out between his cousin and one of the regulars, Mike Mark Boone Junior. In the next scene Mike and Tommy are driving away from a late night convenience store after buying more beer. They are discussing how Tommy stole money from Rob Anthony LaPaglia, the owner of the garage where he lost his job. They discuss how Rob is seeing Tommys exgirlfriend who is pregnant and Tommy might be the father but she is telling Rob otherwise.Two movers one played by Samuel L. Jackson from the moving company across from the Trees Lounge arrive for a drink and are surprised to see their boss, Mike, is there drinking, but soon settle down to have a drink with him. Tommy realizes his drinking buddy owns a fleet of vehicles and asks Mike for work but Mike says he has a mechanic and full crew of movers already. ........
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