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Title: Sonny (2002)
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| James Franco | ... | Sonny | |
| Brenda Blethyn | ... | Jewel | |
| Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Henry | |
| Mena Suvari | ... | Carol | |
| Seymour Cassel | ... | Albert | |
| Brenda Vaccaro | ... | Meg | |
| Josie Davis | ... | Gretchen | |
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Willie Metcalf | ... | Cal |
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Janet Shea | ... | Wealthy Woman |
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Cary Wilmot Alden | ... | Catherine |
| Nicolas Cage | ... | Acid Yellow | |
| Scott Caan | ... | Jesse | |
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Graham Timbes | ... | Troy |
| Wallace Merck | ... | Scott | |
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Doug Barden | ... | Maitre d' |
1981: Sonny is the son of Jewel who runs a small brothel in New Orleans. He returns home from the army, staying with his mother while waiting to start the job an army buddy of his promised him. Jewel tries to convince him to come back to working for her as he had before the army, saying many of his old clients still miss him and he was the best gigolo she had ever had. He repeatedly turns her down, wanting to leave that life behind. However, the job he was promised never materializes and he is forced to return to working for his mother. Jewel had recently recruited a new girl to the brothel, Carol, who meets him and falls in love with him. They talk of getting out together. One of Carol's clients, an older man, proposes to her. She initially declines, hoping to go away with Sonny. She and Sonny fall out as he fails to make an effort to get out of the business, instead becoming increasingly introverted and depressed, with occasional outbursts as he looks for more work. Ultimately, ... Written by Wiki
"I was fortunate enough to watch it on an import Region-1 DVD, and was struck by the non-judgmental approach and sensitivity of the director & cast dealing with such a rough story line."------I can explain this; I knew the writer of this film many years ago. This is essentially his own life story. Except I believe this movie takes place in New Orleans; in real life it was Galveston, Texas. I've read a number of his unproduced scripts and many of them deal with this same theme. God knows what would have happened to him if he hadn't become a writer. Interesting side bit about John Carlen. He was mentored by the late Edward Bunker, who was also a jailhouse writer but was perhaps best known for playing "Mr. Blue" in Reservoir Dogs. I guess Mr. Bunker was kind of a violent guy, because the two of them fell out and Carlen was so worried that Bunker was coming after him that he went into hiding.