Hurly Burly1998

Director
Anthony Drazan

Acters

Sean Penn (Eddie)
Kevin Spacey (Mickey)
Robin Wright (Darlene)
Chazz Palminteri (Phil)
Garry Shandling (Artie)
Anna Paquin (Donna)

Hollywood movers and shakers dissect their own personal lives when everything seems to clash together.
Eddie lives with his charming business partner Mickey, who is ‘taking a break’ from his wife and kids. Often they are joined in their mission for good times by two close friends; the smooth Hollywood player Artie and a would-be-actor Phil. Into this exclusive all-male club come three equally adrift women. Darlene, a cool, beautiful fast-laner herself, who two-times with both Eddie and Mickey. Donna, an under-age, runaway waif, and Bonnie, the sweet but stepped-upon exotic dancer whose unfortunate run-in with Phil sets off an unexpected chain of events.
“The lurid world of Hollywood excess sprawls before you in a fit of paranoia, egged on by a stunning cast. There are some brilliant lines in the movie and the cast is razor sharp with Penn at his vitriolic best.” – BBCi – Films
“In evoking the casual cruelty of contemporary life in a certain time and place, this screen adaptation of David Rabe’s play is a misanthropic triumph.” – New York Times
“Drazan and Rabe locate Hollywood as the site through which society can treat its conflicts and ideals.” – Film Journal International