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Hunger (2001) -- Based on Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun's 1890 existentialist masterpiece "HUNGER"; an out-of-work screenwriter, Charlie Pontus (JOSEPH CULP), wanders the streets of Los Angeles facing homelessness and starvation unless studio producer, The Chief, (ROBERT CULP), will buy his screenplay. Screened as a work-in-progress in 2001, SF Indiefest called "HUNGER" "Powerful, compassionate and astringently funny". Completed in 2007, "HUNGER" won Best Feature at the Moondance International Film Festival and "Best Underground Film" at FAIF Film Festival. It held it's European premiere at the 2007 Nordkapp Film Festival in Norway.

Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   42 votes
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Director:
Maria Giese
Writers:
Maria Giese (writer)
Knut Hamsun (novel)
Release Date:
2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A sensitive writer from a small town faces spiritual crisis as he tries to make it as a Hollywood screenwriter... more | add synopsis
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though a work in progress, better than most more (3 total)

Cast

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Joseph Culp ... Charlie Pontus
Robert Culp ... The Chief
Kathleen Luong ... Ylayali
Redmond Gleeson ... Old Man
Daniel Franklin ... Eclair

James Evans ... Police Officer
Harold Cannon ... Thrift Shop Clerk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lou Aguilar ... Pedestrian
T. Henry Amitai

Casper Andreas ... Scissors
Jason Berlin ... Spy Man #2
V. Ray Bodie

Frank Bruynbroek ... Spy Man
J.D. Douglas ... Macarthur Park Cop
Glenn Hoeffner ... Grandfather

Drake Johnston ... Boy
Jude Narita ... Sister
Gregg Ostrin ... Driver

James Quill ... The Duke
Susan Rich ... Sexy Woman

Ron Sarchian ... Cop
Bruce Solomon ... Mr. Christie
Jennifer Joan Sullivan ... Lonely Girl

Ho-Kwan Tse ... Cashier
Ignacio Valero ... Mexican Street Vendor

Herman Wilkins ... Social Worker
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hunger: A Work in Progress (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
82 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Hunger Productions more

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2 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
though a work in progress, better than most, 7 March 2004
8/10
Author: (sfarthouse) from San Francisco, Ca

I saw this film some time ago at a festival here in town and was amazed at it's depth, feeling and intelligence. I just saw Joseph Culp in something else and it reminded me of this wonderful film. I would highly recommend it to the arthouse crowd or those with European sensibilities. Though shot digitally and not

complete I whole heartedly support this film even though it asks us to suspend our disbelief of humanity a bit too much.

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