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Hacks (1997 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Hacks' ( 'Sink or Swim' and 'The Big Twist') is a 1997 American comedy film written and directed by Gary Rosen. The film premiered at the AFI Los Angeles Film Festival.
Plot
Brian (Stephen Rea) is a television writer-producer who is working on creating a 22-episode show, but has writer's block and needs inspiration. He teams up with a group of writer friends to write about a sexual encounter he watches on a balcony.
He witnesses a strange romantic encounter between two figures on the balcony of hotel near his flat and decides to write scripts with his writer friends based on what he saw.
Cast
* Stephen Rea as Brian
* Illeana Douglas as Georgia Feckler
* John Ritter as Hank
* Dave Foley as Neil
* Richard Kind as Benny
* Dusty Kay as Ira Gold
* Tom Arnold as Danny
* Robert Patrick as Goatee
* Ryan O'Neal as Dr. Applefield
* Jason Priestley as The Dude
* Olivia d'Abo as Lynn
* Lisa Kudrow as Reading
* Bob Odenkirk as Cell
Reception
Leonard Klady of Variety magazine called it "a flip, intermittently amusing satire" and praised the cast but wrote: "the picture has little to offer in the way of insight or reflection and therefore won't translate outside of a small, insider crowd."
References
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