Quiet Days in Hollywood (1997)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Josef Rusnak

Writers:

Robert G. Brown (adaptation) and
Josef Rusnak (adaptation)

Release Date:

July 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Miracles only happen in the movies.

Plot:

Multi-character study of various people, a prostitute, a waitress, a lawyer, a gay actor, whose lives criss-cross each during three days in their lives in Los Angeles.

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Female Nudity | Female Frontal Nudity | Prostitution

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 16

3:55 AM

SHOW

Cast

Hilary Swank	...	Lolita
Peter Dobson	...	Peter Blaine
Daryl Mitchell	...	Angel
Meta Golding	...	Julie
Chad Lowe	...	Richard
Natasha Gregson Wagner	...	Kathy
Bill Cusack	...	Bobby
Stephen Mailer	...	Patrick
Jake Busey	...	Curt
Christina Solis	...	Eva
Joe Estevez	...	Pick-Up Guy
Scott Colomby	...	Eva's Husband
Matt Adler	...	Amos
Rebecca Staab	...	Amelie
Jeremy Roberts	...	Charlie

Also Known As:

The Way We Are

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexuality and language, and for some violence.

Runtime:

95 min | USA:91 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Kick Film

Movie Connections:

References Stille dage i Clichy (1970)

Worthless

You can always count on some mercenary to take advantage of an actor's success by releasing one of his or her early roles in some worthless B movie. 'Quiet Days In Hollywood' is an abominable ensemble production produced in 1997 and never released in theaters in the United States (it saw a limited release in Germany). It was recently released to the video market with Hilary Swank as the marketing hook. Actually, despite the fact that her picture and name dominate the package, Swank has only two limited appearances in the film.

The film is a series of chain linked sex vignettes. Each character has sex with another character and then the second character moves on to the next vignette and has sex with another who moves on to another etc., until finally, the circle is complete and the last character has sex with the first character. The story has all the substance of a porn movie, with banal, profanity-riddled dialogue serving to bridge the gap between sex scenes. Since the sex scenes were mostly implied, even the prurient aspect was limited.

Hillary Swank plays a hooker on the streets of Hollywood. She is brash to the point of stupidity, taunting and insulting dangerous people as if she has some sort of death wish. Her performance here is very amateurish and unpolished. Natasha Gregson Wagner was the only other cast member worth mentioning. She gave a reasonably good performance as a woman in an open marriage having sex with one of her husband's employees (the husband knows).

There is not really much more to say about this sham. I rated it a 2/10. Don't get duped into seeing it as I did just because Swank is on the cover.