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The Golden Boat(1991)
Status: Released
Date: 1991-06-22
61%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 23m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America,
Belgium
ProductionCompanies: 
Nomad Films
Movie: The Golden Boat
Top 10 Billed Cast
Kathy Acker
Professor
Kate Valk
Amelia Lopes
Jim Jarmusch
Stranger
Barbet Schroeder
Mean Passer-by
Annie Sprinkle
Waitress
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1991-06-22
Average
6.1
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