After Hours

Interior of a classic American diner with red leather booths and red cushioned stools at a counter; a man in a light suit stands facing a uniformed man behind the counter, with a clock and menu boards visible in the background

Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman. So begins the wildest night of his life, as a case of mistake identity spirals into a series of bizarre occurrences—involving underground-art punks, a murderous bar owner, a spiteful roommate, and a crazed ice cream truck driver—that relentlessly thwart his attempts to return home.

Newly restored in 4K, Martin Scorsese's darkly comic cult classic offers a surreal and anxiety-inducing late-night tour of the gritty, bohemian SoHo of the 1980s. This 4K restoration premiered at the 2024 Berlinale and was undertaken by the Criterion Collection and Warner Bros., in cooperation with Park Circus, using 35 mm source material from the director’s collection.

Editor Thelma Schoonmaker, Cornell Class of 1961, supervised the color correction for the digital restoration. Schoonmaker has served as Scorsese's go-to film editor throughout their careers and earned three Academy Awards for her work on Raging Bull (1980), The Aviator (2004), and The Departed (2006).

Part of our "Restorations & Rediscoveries" series. Courtesy of Warner Bros. and Swank Motion Pictures.

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