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| Devon Sawa | ... | Simon Harris | |
| Bill Smitrovich | ... | Matt Harris | |
| Tara Reid | ... | Jennifer | |
| Eric Mabius | ... | Andrew | |
| Colman Domingo | ... | Trace | |
| Charlayne Woodard | ... | Kate | |
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Lisa Burgett | ... | Lauren |
| Henri Lubatti | ... | Kevin | |
| John Pirruccello | ... | Joe | |
| Stephen Tobolowsky | ... | Doc | |
| Daphne Brogdon | ... | Simon's mother | |
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Blaine Walker | ... | Young Simon |
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Manny the Hippie | ... | Vegan GooBall Man |
| Amos Glick | ... | Neal | |
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Heath Lourwood | ... | Jason |
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Around the Fire is the deeply resonant story of a boy named Simon, who despite being raised in an upper-class Manhattan household with all its privileges--and restrictions--is haunted by the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of his mother. In Simon's eyes, his high-powered businessman father Matt wasted no time in remarrying his stepmother Lauren, a woman with a perfect facade whom he suspects of having an affair with Matt long before his mother's demise. When Simon is sent away to boarding school in preparation to attend Princeton, he meets Andrew, who introduces him to marijuana and LSD, and immerses him into a whole new world populated by dreamers, artists, utopians, flower children and partiers who spend the better part of their lives "on tour" at musical festivals. Simon is deeply moved by the beauty and freedom of these people, and feels they are the family he has always sought. At his very first concert Simon meets Jennifer, a beautiful young hippie to whom he is ... Written by B Dahlia <bdahlia@nwlink.com>
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26 September 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Cyril Neville
Performed by the Neville Brothers
used by permission of Rhinelander Music Co. (BMI)
Courtesy of A & M Records Inc. by arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music
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Brother JohnWritten by Cyril Neville
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This movie was not done very well at all. Tara Reid and Devon Sawa are in this which is a big indication it isn't going to be a good movie. That's just my biased opinion. I'm an Eric Mabius fan and bought this movie thinking he'd be in it quite a bit. A little in the beginning, a little in the end. It was a disappointment.
There are lots of points to this movie to show a downward spiral into drug abuse. Very campy film about the subject at hand. They could've done a better job. I do like Eric Mabius' character because he seemed most real, along with the character "Trace". For good films revolving around drugs, steer clear of this one. Not good at all.