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Overview
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Eric Weber (writer)
Tagline:
Losing sucks, but it doesn't necessarily kill you.
Plot:
Jealousy overwhelms a group of friends, particularly struggling writer Elliot, as they prepare for the homecoming of their old friend, a wildly successful L.A. producer. full summary | add synopsis
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Second to none! more (23 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Joe Pantoliano | ... | Elliot | |
| Boyd Gaines | ... | Richard | |
| Peter Gerety | ... | Marshall | |
| Bronson Pinchot | ... | Doc Klingenstein | |
| Matthew Arkin | ... | Gerald | |
| Jennifer Tilly | ... | Carole | |
| Stephen Bogardus | ... | George | |
| Barbara Barrie | ... | Dorothea | |
| Polly Draper | ... | Paula | |
| James Ryan | ... | Danny | |
| Stephen Sable | ... | Lum Chin | |
| Damian Young | ... | Robert Stern | |
| Melody Pantoliano | ... | Waitress | |
| Irma St. Paule | ... | Beth | |
| Frank McCombs | ... | Frank |
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Rated R for language and sexual content.
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86 min | Canada:90 min (Ontario)
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USA:R | Canada:14A (Ontario) | USA:TV-MA (cable rating)
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Elliot:
[reading from his printed leaflet] That was right about the time my beautiful wife Paula was leaving me for the architect who designed the house we could no longer afford. A handsome, athletic man with a six-figure income and a pleasant, respectful manner.
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Elliot:
I know I'll never get over loving her for the rest of my life.
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You did it!!! You changed film. You did art, comedy, and pain. Thank you, thank you so much for starting something that everyone else who comes in 2nd needs. Thank you for putting yourself second, which puts you in 1st.
People will talk of this film for years to come and what relevance it has to the film experience and shared pain. When you allowed the guy in the wheel chair to have honor, and all of them to have honor in everything it was breathtaking.
The mom was sweet, the idea was inspired, and everything made sense. It's about damn time someone stepped up and made a film like this. It speaks to so many people you'd be amazed. I can count a billion 2nds and not many 1st's. Bravo!
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