Delirious (2006)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Tom DiCillo

Writer (WGA):

Tom DiCillo (written by)

Release Date:

18 May 2007 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Everybody deserves their shot

Plot:

An offbeat drama focused on a homeless youth, a pop music siren and a member of the paparazzi.

Plot Keywords:

Homeless | Paparazzi | Celebrity | Pop Star | Photographer

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Wed. July 22

1:00 PM

TMC

Cast

Steve Buscemi	...	Les Galantine
Michael Pitt	...	Toby Grace
Alison Lohman	...	K'Harma Leeds
Gina Gershon	...	Dana
Elvis Costello	...	Himself
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Aldredge	...	Les's father
Peter Appel	...	Feldman
Doris Belack	...	Les's mother
Phillip Bloch	...	Himself
Lynn Cohen	...	Muffy Morrison
Marcus Collins	...	Marcus
Kevin Corrigan	...	Ricco
Greg D'Agostino	...	Security
Joe D'Onofrio	...	Vince
Minnie Driver
Teddy Eck	...	Dougie
Marshall Factora	...	Club Patron
Mel Gorham	...	Tish
Billy Griffith	...	Hoagie
Amit Gupta	...	Hotel Guest
Jack Gwaltney	...	Chuck Sirloin
Amy Hargreaves	...	Nikki Blake
Corey Hibbert	...	Orderly
Kristina Klebe	...	Nurse Kris
Antoinette LaVecchia	...	Gretchen
Cinqué Lee	...	Corey
Rodrigo Lopresti	...	Demo
Carylee McPherson	...	Publicist
Elizabeth Newman	...	Red Carpet Celebrity
Sarah Nichols	...	Robbyn's Make-up Artist
Melissa Rauch	...	Megan
Kristen Schaal	...	Joelle
Richard Short	...	Jace Hipley
Tom Stratford	...	Photographer
Callie Thorne	...	Gabi
Tobias Truvillion	...	Silky
Nicole Vicius	...	Robbyn
David Wain	...	Byron

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Peace Arch Entertainment Group

Goofs:

Continuity: After Les throws the toothpicks at Toby one toothpick sticks to Toby's shirt. It appears and disappears during their ensuing argument.

Soundtrack:

Hey now now

Get delirious with a touch of hilarious

Written and Directed by Tom DiCillo comes an Independent off beat Drama-Comedy, Delirious, which will premiere in theatres in mid-August in New York, followed by Chicago and LA. The plot follows a minor celebrity photographer Les Galantine (Steve Buscemi) has big dreams, but he can't quite talk himself into the right parties to get that one great exclusive photo. He meets Toby Grace (Michael Pitt), a homeless kid who is drawn to the bright lights of New York City with a desire to one day achieve stardom himself, and hires him as his assistant. Alison Lohman also stars as Toby's love interest as a pop musician, K'Harma Leeds, alongside a guest appearance by Gina Gershon.

The last we saw of Tom DiCillo (Double Whammy, Living in Oblivion) and Steve Buscemi (Armageddon, Con air) was on the set of Double Whammy (2001) when they collaborated to form a rather mediocre film along with the infamous Dennis Leary. This time around, with the introduction of Michael Pitt (Bully, The Dreamers) and Alison Lohman (White Oleander, Matchstick Men) along with a cameo by Elvis Costello (Cold Mountain, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me), who also provides some of the music for the soundtrack, DiCillo, a former Sundance winner, is surely here to make his mark. Delirious has already won awards at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for Best Director and Best Screenplay and is currently sweeping audiences of their feet at The Sundance Film Festival.

Delirious explores the theme of dating/exploring the celebrity lifestyle, which has been around in Hollywood for a while, from movies like, Paparazzi (1998/I) to Being John Malkovich (1999) and Almost Famous (2000) among many others. This film promises to deliver the glamour of the shallow celebrity lifestyle in contrast with another prominent theme of the irony that separates appearance vs. reality in Hollywood. The soundtrack shows potential with most of the music delivered by Elvis Costello himself.

In conclusion, be stoked for delirious because it promises to be hilarious but with a little twist! I recommend you check this movie out as soon as it hits theatres near you in New York City (August 15th, 2007), Los Angeles (August 17th, 2007) and Chicago (August 31st, 2007) just to name a few. Some promotional videos/website should keep you Delirious for a while.

The official Delirious website: www.deliriousthemovie.com

NEW* official trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYxHfD77kTs

Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/deliriousthemovie

Runtime:107 Mins

Reviewed by: Kunal Gulati ([e-mail])