The Low Life (1995)

John came to Hollywood to get that one big break in life. Years have passed since and all he has to show for are a menial job, unpaid bills and airhead friends and he's getting sick of it all. Is there a way out of this downward spiral?

Director:

George Hickenlooper

Writers:

John Enbom, George Hickenlooper

Stars:

Rory Cochrane, Sean Astin, Kyra Sedgwick

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rory Cochrane	...	John
Sean Astin	...	Andrew
Kyra Sedgwick	...	Bevan
Ron Livingston	...	Chad
Christian J. Meoli	...	Leonard
Sara Melson	...	Suzie
James Le Gros	...	Mike, Jr. (as James LeGros)
J.T. Walsh	...	Mike Sr
Shawnee Smith	...	'Little Tramp' Woman
Jefferson Mays	...	Hollywood Mogul
Brent J. Williams	...	Uncle Darr
Antoni Corone	...	Louis
Angel Aviles	...	Latina Girlfriend
Mark Blum	...	Matthew Greenberg
Channon Roe	...	Craig

Storyline

John came to Hollywood to get that one big break in life. Years have passed since and all he has to show for are a menial job, unpaid bills and airhead friends and he's getting sick of it all. Is there a way out of this downward spiral?

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Plot Keywords:

independent film

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, sexuality and some drug use

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 July 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nunca sientas nada por nadie

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Autumn Pictures, Heminway Production, Zuckerman

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

John: How does a single crappy novel, by some Jackie Collins type, outsell all the books ever written by Hemingway, Faulkner, Salinger combined?

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Soundtracks

"Ride My Bike"
Written by James Gunn, Mike Meitner, Jim Lang, and Dino English
Performed by The Icons
Courtesy of Ancient Lizard Tribe Records

User Reviews

moves kinda slowly, but still worth seeing

For the most part, I thought that "The Low Life" moved pretty slowly. But even so, it's still worth seeing, if only as a character study. The main character is John Martin (Rory Cochrane), who has moved to Los Angeles hoping to make something of himself, but has to separate carbon copies to make ends meet. He has to stay with geeky Andrew (Sean Astin). Surrounded by several different kinds of people, John tries to maintain his identity however possible.

So, there's nothing particularly special about this movie. Maybe it's worth seeing once. But the entire cast does some interesting things with the characters. I think that that's about the best description that I can give; much of the movie confused me.

Also starring Kyra Sedgwick, James Le Gros, J.T. Walsh, Shawnee Smith, and Renee Zellweger in an early role (she plays the poet).