A sensitive writer from a small town faces spiritual crisis as he tries to make it as a Hollywood screenwriter. Charlie Pontus (Joseph Culp) wanders around Los Angeles torn between his efforts to sell a screenplay and find his next meal. His natural optimism keeps him afloat as he walks the tight-rope between his love for the beautiful, exotic Ylayali (Kathleen Luong) and his desperate connection to The Chief (Robert Culp), the Hollywood producer who has the power to give life or take it away. Stubbornly refusing to relinquish his principles, he sinks deeper and deeper into spiritual crisis, finally confronting God in a Jobian showdown.
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Joseph Culp
Charlie Pontus
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The Fantastic Four
Robert Culp
The Chief
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The Pelican Brief
Redmond Gleeson
Old Man
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Daniel Franklin
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James Evans
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Harold Cannon
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Kathleen Luong
Ylayali
Known for
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Bruce Solomon
Mr. Christie
Known for
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Scissors
Known for
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Herman Wilkins
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Known for
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James Quill
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Off the Record
Innocents
Maria Giese Director · Knut Hamsun Author Trevor Morris Composer
Budget $10K · United States release January 13, 2001
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$10,000
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English
Release dates
United States · January 13, 2001
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