He had a great job, beautiful wife and a habit the size of Utah.
Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.
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- lancethedealeron TMDB · Jan 2019
4/10 Jerry Stahl is a complete junkie. He tells his life story to a fellow rehabber after she picks him up at his fast food job. Through conversational flashbacks we get glimpses of how Jerry wrecks his life. **Uninspiring. Stale. Meandering.** Jerry as well as all the other characters have no background, and they are completely flat. Perhaps a social commentary on the LA Scene, yet that has been done better elsewhere. Interesting to see Stiller as a junkie, but thats the best part.
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Cast
- Ben StillerJerry Stahl
- Elizabeth HurleySandra
- Maria BelloKitty
- Owen WilsonNicky
- Lourdes BenedictoVola
- Peter GreeneGus
- Cheryl LaddPamela Verlaine
- Fred WillardCraig Ziffer
- Charles FleischerAllen from Mr. Chompers
- Janeane GarofaloJana Farmer
Crew
- David VelozDirector
- David VelozWriter
- Jerry StahlNovel
- Robert D. YeomanDirector of Photography
- Daniel LichtOriginal Music Composer
- Cara SilvermanEditor
- Steven WeisbergEditor
- Jane HamsherProducer
- Don MurphyProducer
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