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6 November 1987 (USA) moreTagline:
It only looks like the good life.Plot:
A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Afm '09: Bret Easton Ellis' Teen Thriller 'Bait' Being Adapted (From Bloody-Disgusting.com. 5 November 2009, 4:07 PM, PST)
Gus Van Sant and Bret Easton Ellis Team Up for 'Golden Suicides'
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A complete disaster... more (124 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Andrew McCarthy | ... | Clay | |
| Jami Gertz | ... | Blair | |
| Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Julian | |
| James Spader | ... | Rip | |
| Tony Bill | ... | Bradford Easton | |
| Nicholas Pryor | ... | Benjamin Wells | |
| Donna Mitchell | ... | Elaine Easton | |
| Michael Bowen | ... | Hop | |
| Sarah Buxton | ... | Markie | |
| Lisanne Falk | ... | Patti | |
| Michael Greene | ... | Robert Wells | |
| Neith Hunter | ... | Alana | |
| Afton Smith | ... | Kim | |
| Brian Wimmer | ... | Trent | |
| Kelly Wolf | ... | Lile |
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98 minCountry:
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Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Belgium:16 (video rating) | Canada:18A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (No. 28819) | West Germany:16 | South Korea:18Filming Locations:
Beverly Hills High School - 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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Crew or equipment visible: A camera man is seen when Blaire is in the broken in loft. The camera man is in bottom left corner of the window. moreSoundtrack:
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"Less Than Zero" was one of my favorite novels of all time, combining a "Catcher in the Rye" for the excessive L.A. in the '80's sorta mentality. Unfortunately this film was in production during the very height of the "just say no to drugs" Nancy Reagan campaign. I remember reading in the L.A. Times how the producers were stating that they changed the character Clay to an avid anti-drug crusading hero instead of the bisexual, morally confused coked-out protagonist Ellis' novel made him out to be.
What a waste. This movie is ridiculous, containing absolutely none of the ambience of the novel. Instead we get stupid visuals (a party with 20 TVs all stacked up on one another, an idiotic fight at a party in Palm Springs with beautiful coked-out people looking on), that lend little to promote the plot. Essential characters from the novel (like Trent) that could have helped explain the relationships are missing. It's almost as if the screenwriters intentionally tried to make this movie as illogical as possible.
I met Ellis' sister once. She told me that Bret was so embarrassed by what they did to his film that he refused to go to the premiere. Can anyone blame him?