This poignant film, directed by Caron, the creator of TV's fleetingly acclaimed "Moonlighting" series, casts Keaton against type as a sleazy cocaine- and alcohol-addicted real estate hotshot who is forced to come to terms with himself. After "borrowing" $92,000 from his Philadelphia
company's escrow account and losing it on a stock market gamble, Keaton awakes one morning to find that his one-night stand has OD'd in his bed. He subsequently checks into a 21-day chemical dependency program that promises anonymity--not because he thinks he has a drug problem but in order to
avoid the cops. Even as he undergoes detoxification, Keaton tries to obtain some coke over the...
Released:
1988
Rated:
R
Length:
124 mins