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Scott Silver (written by)
Release Date:
31 January 1997 (USA)
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Plot:
It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A....
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1 win
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Blu-Ray Review: Vin Diesel’s Riddick Flicks Hit HD in Time For New Game
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Sad and powerful
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Arquette | ... | John |
 | Lukas Haas | ... | Donner |
 | Tony Epper | ... | Santa Claus |
 | John C. McGinley | ... | Danny Cohen |
 | Keith David | ... | Homeless John |
| Wilson Cruz | ... | Mikey |
| Joshua Schaefer | ... | David (as Josh Schaefer) |
| Sydney Lassick | ... | Al |
 | Christopher Gartin | ... | Eli |
| Ruth Silver | ... | Tourist Mom |
 | Alanna Ubach | ... | Nikki |
| N'Bushe Wright | ... | X-Mas Junkie |
 | Richard T. Jones | ... | Mr. Popper (as Richard Timothy Jones) |
 | Richard Kind | ... | Paul Truman |
 | Elliott Gould | ... | Manny Gould |
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Rated R for strong sexual content and language, and for some violence and drug use.
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96 min
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Iceland:16 |
Netherlands:12 |
Australia:MA |
France:-12 |
Singapore:R(A) |
Spain:18 |
USA:R (PCA #34057)
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Filmed in 20 days in and around Hollywood.
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This is a metaphorical story about people's dreams as they
search for themselves and some meaning to life. There are
interesting symbols throughout the movie: Camelot as a
mythical, far-away perfect place; Christmas as a time of
birth and rebirth; the painted mural of the 10 Commandments as the "writing on the wall"; looking for a
room at the inn (the hotel); the wounds and the tattoos of
a tear and a heart; and the gaining and loss of time (watches).
The performances are convincing and powerful. The theme
seems to be in the song that Homeless John sings towards
the end about how the "world treats you mean" but there is
hope in rebirth. The movie is an odd use of all the symbolism to give a sad picture of street hustlers who,
like all people, seem lonely and in search of something
more meaningful in life.