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David is an aspiring artist and a pot dealer, and he falls in love with constantly smoking Serena. Serena...
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Luke Wilson | ... | David | |
| Alicia Witt | ... | Serena | |
| Amy Locane | ... | Jennifer | |
| Brittany Murphy | ... | Mary | |
| Jack Black | ... | Devlin | |
| Andy Dick | ... | Tony | |
| Jeremy Sisto | ... | Robert | |
| Jamie Kennedy | ... | Tommy | |
| Scott Caan | ... | Bobby | |
| Christian J. Meoli | ... | Tobo (as Christian Meoli) | |
| George Kuchar | ... | Homeless Man | |
| Patricia Wettig | ... | Mom | |
| Michael Artura | ... | Cop | |
| Scott Anthony Ferguson | ... | Fireman | |
| Kyle Gass | ... | Guitar Player |
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Bong Water (USA) (DVD box title)
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Rated R for pervasive drug content and language, sexuality/nudity and a sexual assault.
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When Tommy looks at Serena's driver's license, we see that her last name is Witt. Alicia Witt, who plays Serena, wrote her last name on it exactly like in her own signature.
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References When We Were Kings (1996)
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I lived next door to the author in 1980 when he first moved out to Portland from Downer's Grove, Ill. with two of his high school buds. He seemed like a normal-enough guy, though he had a lot of artistic pretensions. Within a few years, he jumped into Portland's post-punk music scene with buddy Phil and a few others, and a band that definitely wasn't headed anywhere, although it got him a lot of action, including a fling with Courtney Love in her Portland groupie days. He seemed to think his musical prospects were good enough to move to San Francisco, then N.Y.C.
I was surprised to hear that he got a publishing deal in '95 after the band crashed and burned. Courtney Love's name seemed to be the clincher. I have no idea how the movie came about, especially with this cast, but I doubt that Gus Van Sant was involved. Anyway, the reviewers here seem to be unsure whether the lack of narrative focus is intentional or not, so I would just say that this is the work of a fairly intelligent guy who wants to be a writer, or artist or something, but doesn't have anything to say. Like Kerouac without the Benzedrine.