Main Cast: Jonathan Jackson, JoBeth Williams, Carly Pope, Robin Dunne, Amy Stewart
Release Year: 2000
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
Max Hanson (Jonathan Jackson), a popular high school student with considerable artistic and athletic talent, finds himself under pressure from everyone--especially his parents--to focus exclusively on art and to give up ice hockey. The only person who apparently harbors no judgmental attitudes towards Max is a teenage girl named Molly (Carly Pope), with whom he falls in love. Unfortunately, Molly is "into" wild parties and drugs--and before long, so is Max. As he sinks deeper and deeper into the morass of heroin addiction, Max seems to be beyond redemption . . . and far beyond the influence of his caring but domineering mother Sophie (JoBeth Williams). Posing a number of tough questions, but wisely offering no easy answers, the made-for-TV Trapped in a Purple Haze originally aired on April 17, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Colm Feore - Ed Hanson; Hayden Christensen - Orin Krieg; Mallory Margel - Chloe Hanson; Carlo Rota - David Lebeff; Evan Sabba - Jasper; Pixie Bigelow - Anna Roche; Sheila Brand - Genie; Jim Codrington - Police Officer; Steve Cumyn - Peter; Roger Dunn - Coach Lucky; David Fraser - Dr. Miller; Joan Gregson - Eloise Marshall; Balazs Koos - Ernie; Nancy McAlear - Charlotte; Nora Sheehan - Phoebe; Dov Tiefenbach - Kyle; Aidan Thompson - Kid; Richard Lee Jackson - Jack
Credit
Lucinda Zak - Art Director, Quita Alfred - Costume Designer, Eric Laneuville - Director, Sabrina Plisco-Morris - Editor, Thomas Carter - Executive Producer, Brian Tyler - Composer (Music Score), Nikos Evdemon - Cinematographer, Gigi Coello Bannon - Producer, Richard Rothstein - Producer, Christine Sacani - Producer, Jana Fain - Producer, Mimi Schmir - Teleplay By
Trapped in a Purple Haze is a TV movie which originally aired on ABC in 2000.
Plot
Max Hanson (Jonathan Jackson), is a talented artist who enjoys playing hockey. He dates Molly (Carly Pope) who ends up introducing him to a lifestyle of parties and drugs. As Max sinks deeper into despair, his caring but overbearing mother (JoBeth Williams) faces the difficulty of watching him transform.
