Directed by:
Stacy TitleScreenplay:
Jonathan PennerCinematography:
James WhitakerComposer:
Christophe BeckCast:
Randall Batinkoff, Jacqueline Bisset, Maury Chaykin, Philip Baker Hall, Mary-Louise Parker, Norman Reedus, Jamey Sheridan, Chris Sarandon, Jonathan Banks (more)Plots(1)
There's something rotten in the City of Angels, claims the video box. Sure enough, under the dysfunctional dealings of a family business is the story of "Hamlet" retooled for the twilight world of nocturnal L.A. Jack (Jonathan Penner, who cowrote the screenplay with director Stacy Title) is spending a joyless break from graduate school to deal with his father's sudden death. He's disconnected from his unstable lover (Mary-Louise Parker), the daughter of family lawyer Philip Baker Hall, and his mom (Jacqueline Bisset), a withdrawn alcoholic who has let his "2-watt" Uncle Carl (Jamey Sheridan) manage the family fortune. When a mysterious figure tells him that Carl murdered his father, Jack's unsettled feelings are thrown into a restless rage. (official distributor synopsis)
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