This is a star-studded ensemble cast very much about Hollywood culture of drugs and the difficulty of relationships and loyalty in an increasingly "hollywoodization" of modern society.
Kevin Kline, Phoebe Cates, Gwenyth Paltrow, Jennifer Beals, John C. Reilly and other A-list stars portray hollywood types.
They take "Dolphins" a "name-brand" of ecstasy.
Music is by Sean Penn's brother Michael Penn. A series of photographs play a small role in the film, and these were taken by Jennifer Beals herself. In fact, near the end of the film, a fairly overt scene with her manipulating one of the photos along a wall of them, is a kind of nod to her real-life contribution.
Oddly, Phoebe Cates, who after marrying Kevin Kline seemed to have dropped off the hollywood scene, plays in this film with her real-life husband, as the "family" couple with whom the main characters' contrast, also played with Jennifer Jason Leigh in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. It makes you wonder whether they really did stay in touch all these years?
"Painful truths are revealed at a drug-fueled celebration." Starring Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Freedman, Calra Demedrano, John Benjamin Hickey, Parker Posey. Written and directed by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming. 2001. 115 mins.
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