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Less Than Zero
A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
1987 · Directed by Marek Kanievska · 98 min · Drama · Crime · 10 frames
Tagline
It only looks like the good life.
Crew
- Screenplay: Harley Peyton
- Cinematography: Edward Lachman
- Edited by: Peter E. Berger, Michael Tronick
- Music: Thomas Newman
- Production design: Barbara Ling
- Produced by: Jon Avnet, Marvin Worth, Jordan Kerner
Cast
- Andrew McCarthy as Clay
- Jami Gertz as Blair
- Robert Downey Jr. as Julian
- James Spader as Rip
- Tony Bill as Bradford Easton
- Nicholas Pryor as Benjamin Wells
- Donna Mitchell as Elaine Easton
- Michael Bowen as Hop
- Sarah Buxton as Markie
- Lisanne Falk as Patti
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: German, English, Spanish
- Studios: Amercent Films, American Entertainment Partners L.P., 20th Century Fox, The Avnet/Kerner Company
- Budget: $8,000,000
- Box office: $12,396,383
- Themes: based on novel or book, self-destruction, drug addiction, cocaine, melancholy, los angeles, california, hedonism, beverly hills, decadence, coke
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