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Title: Dick Richards (1996)
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Brian Lally | ... |
Michael Sollis
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Donnie
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Sean Michael Allen | ... |
Pete
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| Ashley Judd | ... |
Julie
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| Michael Capellupo | ... |
Dick
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Scott Trost | ... |
Richard
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Michael G. Kelley | ... |
Garland Dunn
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Brennan Howard | ... |
Teddy
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Brett Harman | ... |
The Anguished Man
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Sean McFarland | ... |
Clifford Lipton
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The Boytoy
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Kimberly Campbell | ... |
Nurse Wretched
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Erin Chandler | ... |
Dawn
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Connie
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Anna Vincent | ... |
Susan
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Veteran reporter Michael Sollis investigates a fraudulent extras casting agency run by sexual deviants and freaks. Soliis' expose' ultimately leads to an interrogation with a terror-stricken film extra and a former employee-turned-informant named Donnie. Will Sollis and Donnie be vindicated in their showdown with the agency and its mysterious henchman, a towel-clad German known as "The Boytoy"? Written by Teddy Milsap
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
July 1996 (USA) See more »Box Office
Budget:
$5,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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I saw this indie when it was released, and I managed to score a copy on DVD a few years later to my delight. I believe it's destined for cult status. 'Dick Richards' is a little gem that you can watch several times and still enjoy something you missed on the previous viewings. The story itself, beginning as a reporter's seemingly meandering investigation of a possible Hollywood scam, builds with deliciously dark wit to a jolting ending that manages to be at once chilling and hilarious. The pacing is perfection. The performers in both the starring and supporting roles are a riot. The script is a hoot. Julie, played with quirky poignancy by the then-unknown Ashley Judd, is fun -- and Mark Pelligrino as BoyToy is a kick (most recently starring as Dick Hickock in 'Capote').
After seeing this movie, I had nightmares about hand puppets and visiting the beach before breakfast for weeks. Well worth the time and money spent, which is really saying something these days.