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''[[Buffalo '66]]'' is a 1998 indie movie starring Vincent Gallo, who also wrote and directed the movie, and [[Christina Ricci]]. Billy Brown has just been released from prison and the first thing he plans to do is introduce his wife to his parents. The problem with that plan is he doesn't have a wife, so he kidnaps a ballerina named Layla (Ricci). After a brief struggle and a very awkward dinner, Layla decides to stay with him for a night of bowling and "spanning time". She soon learns that Billy plans on getting even with the football player who was indirectly responsible for his imprisonment. What follows is a dark comedy about depression, revenge, and finding love.
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* [[Alliterative Name]]: Billy Brown.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: {{spoiler|The climax in the strip club where Billy shoots and kills Scott Wood, then turns the gun on himself.}}
* [[Biggus Dickus]]: In the beginning sequence, when Billy is desperately trying to find a bathroom, a man looks over from the stall beside him and reacts with awe at the size of Billy's member.
* [[Big Screwed
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Billy has been telling his parents he has been working for the CIA for five years and told them he had a wife. When he ends up having to kidnap Layla and bring her to them, he gets twisted up in more lies until Layla actually helps untangle them with a few of her own.
* [[Bullet Time]]: A similar effect to ''[[The Matrix]]'', which it preceded. The violent climax is shown in a series of still images, which the camera pans around as if still hand-held.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Billy's friend ''Goon''.
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'''Billy''': Yeah Goon, [[
* [[The Cameo]]: Mickey Rourke as the bookie and Rosanna Arquette as an old crush.
* [[Cluster F
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Billy went to prison because he turned to crime when he was hit with a huge gambling debt. The gambling debt happened due to Scott Wood missing a field goal kick, resulting in the Bills losing the Super Bowl. Because of this, Billy decides to kill Woods.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Billy, but he gets better.}}
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* [[Furo Scene]]: A rarity twofer. This movie has a Western example of this trope and it's between a man and a woman, yet it isn't sexualized.
* [[Hates Being Touched]]: Billy hates being touched... even if it's by [[Christina Ricci]].
* [[He
* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood]]: Billy's dad ignored him and his mother was too concerned with Buffalo Bills' games to ever pay attention to him. This is exemplified in the scene where it is revealed they only have one, single picture of their son.
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: Even before the events of the movie, Billy had an abusive childhood, was teased at school, lost a lot of money to gamblers on a one-in-a-million field goal kick, and spent five years in prison. When he gets out, his parents aren't impressed by the fabricated life or his hot "wife".
* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: Eventually, ''Goon'' hates being called ''Goon'' since that isn't his name and demands people call him Rocky.
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* [[Imagine Spot]]: A bored Layla tap dancing in the bowling alley. Suddenly, she is literally in the spotlight while a [[King Crimson]] song plays in the background.
* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Billy is a huge jerk but we eventually learn he's a [[Jerk
* [[Just Got Out of Jail]]: Billy at the beginning of the movie.
* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: According to [[Word of God]], the events in the movie were not what "really" happened but is Billy's perception of his own actions. Considering his low self-esteem, it makes sense.
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* [[New York State]]: Takes place in Buffalo.
* [[Murder Arson and Jaywalking]]: Billy's threat to Layla:
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* [[Pet the Dog]]: Billy will insult or threaten Layla or Goon one moment and then apologize and say something sweet the next. At one point, he buys Layla a heart-shaped cookie.
* [[Potty Emergency]]: When Billy is released from prison, he suddenly has to use the restroom. He tries to go back inside the prison to use the facilities but they don't let him back in. He spends the next 10 minutes or so trying to find a restroom, which is how he eventually meets Layla.
* [[Stick Shift]]: Billy needs his hostage Layla to drive him to his parents' house. He only drives cars that "shift themselves."
* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: A possible explanation for Layla warming up to Billy, although he only kidnaps her for a few hours and obviously does not have a weapon. She chooses to stay after that.
* [[Taking You
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Even though Layla isn't really his wife, she does end up falling in love with him.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Billy hates his parents but still wants their approval.
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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
[[Category:Buffalo
[[Category:Film]]
[[Category:Independent Films]]
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