Nowhere (1997)

Follows a day in the lives of a group of Los Angeles high school students and the strange lives they lead.

Director:

Gregg Araki

Writer:

Gregg Araki

Stars:

James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
James Duval	...	Dark
Rachel True	...	Mel
Nathan Bexton	...	Montgomery
Chiara Mastroianni	...	Kriss
Debi Mazar	...	Kozy
Kathleen Robertson	...	Lucifer
Joshua Gibran Mayweather	...	Zero
Jordan Ladd	...	Alyssa
Christina Applegate	...	Dingbat
Sarah Lassez	...	Egg
Guillermo Díaz	...	Cowboy (as Guillermo Diaz)
Jeremy Jordan	...	Bart
Alan Boyce	...	Handjob
Jason Simmons	...	The Teen Idol (as Jaason Simmons)
Ryan Phillippe	...	Shad

Storyline

A group of teenagers try to sort out their lives and emotions while bizarre experiences happen to each one, including alien abductions, bad acid trips, bisexual experiences, suicides, bizarre deaths, and a rape by a TV star. All of this happens before "the greatest party of the year".

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Plot Keywords:

drugs | cult film | independent film | one word title | male objectification | 

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Taglines:

"sexy, psychedelic, dementedly funny, with a sensational soundtrack... it's like clueless with nipple rings."

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for scenes of strong violence, sexuality and drug use involving teens, and for strong language

Details

Country:

USA France

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 May 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Donikad

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$27,354, 11 May 1997, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$27,354, 11 May 1997

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blurco, Desperate Pictures, Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although the entire movie is set over the course of a single day, all of the main characters change their clothes several times throughout the film; Mel, Lucifer, Montgomery, Cowboy, Bart, Egg, Dingbat, among others, appear wearing different clothes in different scenes. Dark is the only main character who wears the same clothes throughout the movie.

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Goofs

Dark's facial stubble changes constantly.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Dark: [voice-over] L.A. is like... nowhere. Everybody who lives here is lost.

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Crazy Credits

All the way past the credits, we see Dark sitting on his bed covered in gore and blood, finally breaking free of his shock with a horrible scream.

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Connections

Spoofs Alien (1979)

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Soundtracks

"Killing Time (Qureysh -EH?1 Remix)
Written & Performed by Coco and the Bean
Remixed by EH?1

User Reviews

There's Something About..."Nowhere"

Gregg Araki can be faulted for not inviting the "main stream" audience into his "vision" of the world. But this probably isn't really a goal of his, anyway. As I watched "Nowhere" in the theater (twice in one week) I was filled with awe that something I had always felt had been so colorfully put on celluloid: finding love is all that matters, but the world isn't designed to make that finding easy. So when "Dark" finds an amazingly true moment amongst the usual Araki violence, hilarity, sex and clutter (a moment to simply relax and hold the person in the bed next to him) it rings true to the heart of experience. The movie ends in the next moment with an equally true touch. So, the sooner we find love, the sooner it can find its own reason to leave us. Araki's best film. If you don't get it, then he probably doesn't want you to.