American Buffalo, which won both the Drama Critics Circle Award for
the best American play and the Obie Award, is considered a classic of
the American theater. Newsweek acclaimed Mamet as the "hot young
American playwright . . . someone to watch." The New York Times
exclaimed in admiration: "The man can write!" Other critics called the
play "a sizzler," 'super," and 'dynamite."
Now from Gregory Mosher, the producer of the original stage production,
comes a stunning screen adaptation, directed by Michael Corrente and
starring Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, and Sean Nelson.
A classic tragedy, American Buffalo is the story of three men
struggling in the pursuit of their distorted vision of the American
Dream. By turns touching and cynical, poignant and violent, American
Buffalo is a piercing story of how people can be corrupted into
betraying their ideals and those they love.