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In this comedy written by David Mamet, a movie production
plagued with problems relocates to a small Vermont town, which welcomes the crew until its
stars begin behaving badly. With Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Clark Gregg, Philip
Seymour Hoffman, Patti LuPone, William H. Macy, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Paymer,
Rebecca Pidgeon and Julia Stiles. [1:45]
SEX/NUDITY 6 - Many instances of sexual innuendo and a passionate kiss (as
well as a few near-kisses). We see two illustrations on storyboards that show a nude man
and woman having intercourse (the woman is on top of the man, and her bare breasts are
very visible). We hear several references to a man's "hobby" of liking -- and
presumably having sexual relations with -- teen girls; in one scene a girl who learns of
his hobby goes to his hotel room and they flirt a bit, in another scene we see him in a
robe as she's leaving his hotel room (a kiss between the two is implied, but not seen),
and in another scene she accuses him of taking advantage of her. A woman wearing high
heels and a long shirt walks out of a hotel room and yells at a man (who later walks out
with a towel around his waist) about her inability to "come." We see the bare
legs of a probably-nude woman lying on a man's hotel room bed, then we see her bare back
and upper shoulders when she stands in front of him (he denies her advances; nothing
sexual happens). Several discussions about a woman's refusal to appear topless in a movie,
as well as references to the fact that she's appeared topless in many previous movies. A
man comments that ties accentuate men's genitals (as opposed to bowties, which accentuate
the ears). In a non-sexual scene, we see a woman's bare back when she removes her shirt in
front of a man (he tells her to take it off because he doesn't like it); also, we see a
woman wearing a cleavage-revealing top and a girl wearing a few midriff-revealing tops.
VIOLENCE/GORE 2 - In a scene that's somewhat played for laughs, a man burns
his thumb with a lighter and then gets a fishing hook caught in his thumb (we see a
close-up of the bloody wound, then see a bandage on his thumb in later scenes). A swerving
car flips onto its roof and hits a street light; a bystander pulls the driver out of the
car, and then a passenger climbs out (both have bloody facial cuts and one has some blood
on his shirt; in later scenes both have small bandages on their heads and one is wearing a
wrist brace). A man intentionally throws a weight through a window; it's implied that a
shard of glass falls on his head, but we don't see the wound. A man grabs another's shirt.
PROFANITY 6 - About 7 F-words, a couple of anatomical references and lots of
anatomical slang terms (in reference to breasts), some scatological references, a few mild
obscenities, a couple of religious profanities, a couple of insults (plus an anti-Semitic
slur and a derogatory term for homosexuals). [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Movie productions, "small-town" America,
reneging on a contract, bribery, falling in love, underage drinking (a teen takes a sip of
a man's mixed drink), an older man's interest in (and involvement with) teen girls, legal
depositions, perjury, honesty.
MESSAGE - Every problem can be solved (though not necessarily through
legitimate means).
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