Original screenplay by Mark Christopher
Director: Mark Christopher
Cast: Mike Myers, Ryan Phillippe, Neve Campbell, Salma Hayek, Sela Ward, Breckin Meyer
Producers: Ira Deutchman, Dolly Hall & Richard Gladstein
Now Available on Miramax Home Video
SYNOPSIS
A fictional story of the infamous Studio 54 at its height in the late ’70s.
The story centers on Shane, a young man from a blue-collar town in New Jersey, who finds in Studio 54 an antidote to his boring existance and his lack of self-esteem. He works his way up to the highly coveted position of bartender, but in the process gets caught up in the scene–the drugs, the sex and the celebrity. At the dawn of a new decade, Shane realizes he must point his life in a new direction.
WRITER/DIRECTOR
Mark Christopher’s short film ALKALI, IOWA won First Place Fiction Film at the USA Film Festival, as well as the New Line Cinema Award (New York), the Absolut Auteur Award (San Francisco), and the Golden Teddy Award at the 1996 Berlin International Film Festival, among others. ALKALI, IOWA is one of four films in current release under the title BOYS LIFE 2.
THE DEAD BOY’S CLUB, another of Mark’s short films, screened in over 30 international film festivals including Sundance, Toronto and Locarno, receiving several best short awards. In 1993 THE DEAD BOY’S CLUB was theatrically distributed in the U.S. and the U.K.
CAST
In addition to his legendary work on Saturday Night Live, Mike Myers is best known as the star and creator of WAYNE’S WORLD. His most recent hit was AUSTIN POWERS.
Ryan Phillippe currently stars in I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, in theaters nationwide. He has worked with Gregg Araki in NOWHERE, Ridley Scott in WHITE SQUALL, and Tony Scott in CRIMSON TIDE.
