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| Credited cast: | |||
| Justine Bateman | ... | Sandy | |
| Noah Baumbach | ... | Philip | |
| Peter Bogdanovich | ... | Frank | |
| Andrea Bowen | ... | Witch / Fairy | |
| Dean Cameron | ... | The Magician | |
| Rae Dawn Chong | ... | Herself | |
| Chris Eigeman | ... | Fletcher | |
| James P. Engel | ... | Charlie the Ghost | |
| Carlos Jacott | ... | Felix | |
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Lauren Katz | ... | Diane |
| Catherine Kellner | ... | Lolly | |
| John Lehr | ... | Miles | |
| Ryan Postal | ... | Spiderman | |
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Christopher Reed | ... | Travis (as Chris Reed) |
| Annabella Sciorra | ... | Molly | |
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A newly married couple tries to enhance their social life by throwing fabulous parties and inviting all their friends in Brooklyn to their home.
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Among my favorite dry comedies I would include movies by Baumbach and Stillman, from which much of Highball's cast is culled. This would, in theory, be the one and only kind of marketing strategy for this movie, though not a very convincing one. I also LOVE Chris Eigeman who is utterly invisible in his role as Fletcher. It bothers me that movies like this are made just as much as it bothers me that movies like Die Hard and Armageddon are made, because you notice not what they are and what they offer, but what they aren't and what they might have been.
The difference between a movie like Highball and a movie like Kicking & Screaming or Barcelona is the feeling of intimacy, genuinity and understanding. This group of actors is not de facto amusing or sexy or entertaining, only within a structure of good writing, (some kind of) cinematography, and a sense of integrity, all which are lost on this scrap of film that is also a waste of the $300 it took to make it.
This movie is a case of "we can doesn't mean we should". It doesn't even exist to be noted on a filmography. No actor in a sober state would venture to have this experience referenced in the annals of his/her work. I am chagrined.