Don's Plum (2001)

A group of Los Angeles teenagers meet every week at their local diner to discuss their latest misadventures in their miserable lives.

Director:

R.D. Robb

Writers:

Bethany Ashton Wolf (as Bethany Ashton), Tawd Beckman

Stars:

Scott Bloom, Kevin Connolly, Tobey Maguire

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Bloom	...	Brad
Kevin Connolly	...	Jeremy
Tobey Maguire	...	Ian
Leonardo DiCaprio	...	Derek
Jenny Lewis	...	Sara
Meadow Sisto	...	Juliet
Marissa Ribisi	...	Tracy
Amber Benson	...	Amy
Andre Berryman	...	Band
John Brooks	...	Band
Jeremy Sisto	...	Bernard
Jeffrey Connor	...	Band
Toledo Diamond	...	Acid Jazz Artist
Walter Davis	...	Band
Paula Verise	...	Solo Artist

Storyline

A group of Los Angeles teenagers meet every week at their local diner to discuss their latest misadventures in their miserable lives.

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Plot Keywords:

teenager | diner | low budget film | saturday night | mirror | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA Denmark Sweden

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 August 2001 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Saturday Night Club

Filming Locations:

16153 Victory Blvd, Van Nuys, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Polo Pictures Entertainment,Trust Film Svenska,Zentropa Entertainments

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At one point in the film, Jeremy (Kevin Connolly) claims to have auditioned for a movie called "Last Respects". In reality, "Last Respects" was an alternate project offered to the cast, who opted to make Don's Plum instead.

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Goofs

Near the end before Derek kicks over the table in the bar he is mouthing words but we don't get to hear what he is saying.

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Quotes

Derek: I'm better looking than you. Why doesn't that kind of shit happen to me?

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Connections

Featured in Beyond Clueless (2014)

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Soundtracks

Always
Written by Jenny Lewis and Blake Soper
Performed by Rilo Kiley

User Reviews

Some info about the movie you may not know

I've never seen the movie, but I did get to know David Stutman (the Producer) and I can personally see why he sued Leo DiCaprio and all of his agents for basically stopping the movie from distribution and thereby stopping a lot of people from getting paid.

Stutman and some of the others in the producer/writer/actor group were very close friends - there was a lot of smoking pot, drinking, and sexual conduct (not limited to heterosexuality, and involving two big name actors, if you catch my drift). The movie, while seen as a very endearing art-house-style flick by the actors, suddenly became dangerous when Dicaprio was in pre-production for Titanic and Toby was being slated for Cider House rules. With Titanic being released that year and Cider House a year or so later, Don's Plum basically amounted to an early heavily contrasted look at the two actors that the public should never take. Leo's agent's filed an injunction that Stutman had illegally created a movie that Hollywood lawyers had not been present to administer signing of.

Long story short, Stutman made a movie that was distributed 5 years later to the back of the VHS/DVD bin, when it might have been a hit if it was sold or even screened simultaneously with Titanic. I believe that the studio settled with him and forced him to put it off 5 years. I still remember Stutman well, with his tiny house in the middle of Venice Beach, with two big dalmations and a slew of precious Disney cels.