IMDb
5.1 /10
143 votes

Drama · Comedy · 1999 · 1h 20min
In the 1980s, a filmmaker begins a project to record the life of an average kid. In Perry, Ohio, he picks Rich Longfellow, a shy lad, and begins filming. Soon after, he dies in Mozambique. Sixteen years later, his son continues the project, finding Rich, now 23, in L.A., with dreams of being a Shakespearean actor, getting experience in porn films. We meet Betsy, Rich's sensible girlfriend, Lee, the impatient producer, and Carmichael, a director with artistic pretensions who inspires Rich. Problems with Besty and tension on the set bring Rich to a crisis; when his boyhood friend starts a Shakespeare company that tours nursing homes in the San Fernando Valley, Rich sees a way out.
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Troma EntertainmentWater & Light ProductionsAvailable in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)
IMDb
5.1 /10
143 votes
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TMDB
5.0 /10
4 votes
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Weighted average
5.1/10