Jonathan Vandermark is a music teacher with a weakness for young men with great aspirations and without a pot to piss in. When Sebastian enters his life and takes advantage of John's charity, his life and afterlife will be changed forever.
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Title: Suffering Man's Charity (2007)
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| Alan Cumming | ... | John Vandermark | |
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Alison Guh | ... | Evelyn |
| David Boreanaz | ... | Sebastian St. Germain | |
| Anne Heche | ... | Helen Jacobsen | |
| Whitney Allen | ... | Blonde Girl In Bar | |
| Henry Thomas | ... | Eric Rykell | |
| Carrie Fisher | ... | Reporter | |
| Ermahn Ospina | ... | Pedro | |
| Maria-Elena Laas | ... | Liliana | |
| Rachelle Lefevre | ... | Elaine | |
| Karen Black | ... | Renee | |
| Jane Lynch | ... | Ingrid Sorensen | |
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Clay Allen | ... | Max |
| Susie Park | ... | Max's Wife | |
| Desean Terry | ... | Young Caterer | |
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John Vandermark (Cumming) has taken in a struggling writer, Sebastian St. Germain (Boreanaz), who overstays his welcome. When John discovers that Sebastian has simply been using him, he turns the tables on his young tenant in an effort to make him work off his rent debt. When Sebastian dies accidentally in the process, John tries to make it up to him by helping him get his book published posthumously. When the book is published, John can't help but take credit for the work of genius... and Sebastian comes back to haunt him. Written by speedracer101
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Written by Duke Bojadziev & Angela McCluskey
Performed by Angela McCluskey
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Listen To Your HeartWritten by Duke Bojadziev & Angela McCluskey
Performed by Angela McCluskey
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9 March 2007 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Someone, please call me a psychiatrist! I loved this movie, and haven't laughed this much in a long time! It's like a car accident on the highway; you don't want to look, but you just can't help yourself!Think Rocky Horror Picture Show meets Misery.
Alan Cummings is SO over the top, it's hysterical. You kind of WANT to feel sorry for him at the beginning, but there is just nothing truly redeeming about his character. I loved the way he got his comeuppance in the end.
David Boreanaz is good throughout, but particularly in the latter part of the movie, which he seems to embrace with unabashed glee.
If you like camp and bizarre humor, this is a movie you should definitely check out!