The movie stars Peter Sarsgaard as a young, up-and-coming screenwriter who catches the professional attention of Campbell Scott’s character, a movie producer. Patricia Clarkson is excellent in the role of Scott’s wife. The movie is excellent.
The movie takes place in 1995, probably because some of its events, today (only 10 years later), would seem a little farfetched.
The movie is great in showing the hypocrisy in the movie industry, a hypocrisy which continues to exist today but seems to be diminishing.
Early on, Scott tries to convince Sarsgaard to change a major theme in his screenplay so that a straight story is told (rather than a gay story). Scott, who at this point in the movie is not yet known not to be straight, says to Sarsgaard “America hates gays.” The audience at my screening (at the Vancouver International Film Festival) was half appalled and half laughing, but it was clearly a harsh critic on the system (rather than homophobia from the movie industry – which is what this site intends to eradicate). Scott soon after starts hitting on Sarsgaard and an affair ensues.
The whole movie is very much gay with some quite revealing man on man action. Really worth seeing.
I cannot say much more lest I will spoil your movie (and I only do that for Shipwreck movies – so that you are not encouraged to see a movie that spreads homophobia). Go see this movie.
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