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Four intertwining stories about Hollywood
executives and actors shot in single takes with hand-held cameras and shown in four
segments of the screen. With Saffron Burrows, Richard Edson, Salma Hayek, Holly Hunter,
Kyle MacLachlan, Mía Maestro, Leslie Mann, Julian Sands, Stellan Skarsgård, Jeanne
Tripplehorn and Steven Weber. [1:37]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - A little sexual innuendo (including a reference to ménage à
trois) and several kisses (some are passionate and a few are between women). In an
extended scene a man and woman kiss passionately, he kisses and caresses her clothed
breasts and stomach, he runs his hand underneath her skirt (we see her bare leg), she
unbuckles his belt, and they have intercourse with thrusting and moaning (both remain
clothed). Studio executives watch "dailies" of a film production during which we
see the faces of a male actor and a female actor who are moaning and thrusting as if
having intercourse (we see and hear this for a while). A woman sits on another's lap, runs
her fingers through her hair and kisses her a little. In two scenes we see a woman
stroking the hair of another woman lying on her lap. A man and woman embrace each other
for awhile during a script reading. A couple of women wear cleavage-revealing tops.
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A person is threatened with a gun and then shot; we see
the person lying on the floor with slightly bloody fingers and blood soaking the carpet by
the body. A woman grabs another by the neck, shoves her in a car and appears to punch her
several times; also, a man hits a cabinet with his fist and a man puts his arm around
another's neck and pulls him to the ground. Four earthquakes throughout the movie cause
some people to fall to the floor, but no one is ever injured. Two people yell at each
other.
PROFANITY 7 - About 15 F-words, an anatomical reference, several
scatological references, a couple of mild obscenities, and many insults. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Hollywood, actors, studio executives, film productions, drug
use and addiction, earthquakes, murder, deception, infidelity, jealousy, African-American
stereotypes, lesbianism.
MESSAGE - You can't trust anyone in Hollywood. People aren't what they
appear to be.
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