Main Cast: Michael Imperioli, Mira Sorvino, Paul Calderon, Billie Neal, Brian Tarantina
Release Year: 1995
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
This unflinching and straightforward look at a middle-class man's descent into drug addiction was based on the diaries of an addict named Angel. Found in a Bronx apartment, the diaries were made into a film by screenwriter Lee Drysdale and director Gary Winick. Angel (Michael Imperioli) is a Wall Street functionary who lives modestly with his wife Monika (Mira Sorvino) and their young children. One day, an old friend from the Marines, Raymond (Paul Calderon), offers Angel a hit on a pipe of crack cocaine and a chance to get in on dealing drugs. Monika reluctantly agrees to the plan, and they set a limit of a couple of months in which they hope that Angel will make a quick killing and get out. The movie then flashes forward three years. Angel has become a hopeless crack addict, while Monika has become enamored of designer clothes. As Angel becomes more unreliable, Raymond kicks him out of the business. Monika achieves independence, gets a job, and finally kicks Angel out. Angel gets more desperate, even trying to sell his wife's jewelry, and finally hits bottom. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
Franne Lee - Costume Designer, Gary Winick - Director, Bill Pankow - Editor, Niels Mueller - Editor, Amy Tapper - Production Designer, Makoto Watanabe - Cinematographer, Rick Bowman - Producer, Gary Winick - Producer, Mark Ross - Producer, Lee Drysdale - Screenwriter, Steven J. Rogers - Production Sound Mixer
