13 Moons (2002)

Director:

Alexandre Rockwell

Writers (WGA):

Brandon Cole (written by) &
Alexandre Rockwell (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Can you solve the mystery of the 13 moons? |

Plot Keywords:

Number In Title

Cast

Jennifer Beals	...	Suzi
Elizabeth Bracco	...	Louise Potter
Steve Buscemi	...	Bananas The Clown
Peter Dinklage	...	Binky
Daryl Mitchell	...	Lenny
Karyn Parsons	...	Lily
David Proval	...	Mo Potter
Rose Rollins	...	Sanandra
Peter Stormare	...	Slovo
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Owen
Gareth Williams	...	Thad
Austin Wolff	...	Timmy
Francesco Messina	...	Robert
Sam Rockwell	...	Rick
Matthew Sussman	...	Doctor Monroe

MPAA:

Rated R for strong language, sexuality/nudity and some disturbing images.

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

13 Moons Productions LLC

Quotes:

Bananas The Clown: Making people laugh is overrated.

Finding your way in(to) LA

13 Moons, surprisingly, is one of the most lucid and hopeful flicks to emerge from the muddled dreams and frequently vengeful psyches of Los Angeles in years. A quest film every bit as compelling and complex-- and considerably less tricked out-- than Lord of the Rings, it's Alexandre Rockwell's valedictory to a city which may have little use for the independent filmmaker, but which offered him a way back to his own larger, more magnanimous instincts as an artist. An ever greater number of characters, from a clown Steve Buscemi to a bail bondsman and dead beat dad (David Proval) to a remarkably bad and self aware rapper/singer/ho (the extraordinary Rose Rollins), find themselves inhabiting, momentarily, a similar platform, a little piece of Los Angeles in the dead of the night. Like most of us, their dreams only bubble rarely to the surface of their lives, jostling there with their disappointments until they're submerged again under the monotony of their day jobs. But unlike most of us, these 7 people, in spite of themselves, find purpose in their movement. They go from a downtown bar to a bail bureau, from a cop station to a memorable moment in the zoo; and in their sojourn, they intersect with real need…an 8 year old, whose kidney is failing, whom dialysis only momentarily helps, who's thrown on the mercy of a city whose larger, social impulses seem deadened…and yet. A strong ensemble cast, energetically directed and brilliantly shot by Phil Parmet, makes 13 Moons that rare independent LA flick: one whose ambitions are so much greater than an audition for a studio picture. 13 Moons wants to give us a different way of imagining ourselves and the city we inhabit but so little know.