After Hours

After Hours is a 1985 American neo-noir black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Joseph Minion, and produced by Amy Robinson, Griffin Dunne, and Robert F. Colesberry. Dunne stars as Paul Hackett, an office worker who experiences a series of misadventures while attempting to make his way home from Manhattan's SoHo district during the night. After Hours was released by The Geffen Company (through Warner Bros.) on September 13, 1985. The film grossed $10.6 million against a $4.5 million budget and was critically acclaimed for its black humor, and is now considered to be a cult classic. The film won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature. Scorsese won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director for the film.