Year: 1997
Runtime: 99 mins
Language: English
Director: George Hickenlooper
Philip Van Horn, a failing Hollywood aspirant who left his small hometown years ago, returns for a visit. The townspeople treat him like a celebrity, and he uses the attention to impress his former school love, Dorothy, whose life has grown dull and gray. A rivalry with another local man develops, leaving one of them to lose everything.
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