Hacks (1997 film)

Hacks
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gary Rosen
Written by	Gary Rosen
Produced by	Matt Salinger
Starring	Stephen Rea Illeana Douglas John Ritter Dave Foley Richard Kind Dusty Kay Robert Patrick Tom Arnold
Cinematography	Ralf D. Bode
Edited by	Mark Fitzgerald
Music by	Anthony Marinelli
Production company	Shoreline Entertainment
Release date	September 19, 1997
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hacks (a.k.a. Sink or Swim and The Big Twist) is a 1997 American comedy film written and directed by Gary Rosen. The film premiered at the AFI Los Angeles Film Festival.^[1]

Plot[]

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Brian (Stephen Rea) is a television writer-producer who is working on creating a 22-episode show, but has writer's block and needs inspiration. He teams up with a group of writer friends to write about a sexual encounter he watches on a balcony.

He witnesses a strange romantic encounter between two figures on the balcony of hotel near his flat and decides to write scripts with his writer friends based on what he saw.

Cast[]

• Stephen Rea as Brian
• Illeana Douglas as Georgia Feckler
• John Ritter as Hank
• Dave Foley as Neil
• Richard Kind as Benny
• Dusty Kay as Ira Gold
• Tom Arnold as Danny
• Robert Patrick as Goatee
• Ryan O'Neal as Dr. Applefield
• Jason Priestley as The Dude
• Olivia d'Abo as Lynn
• Lisa Kudrow as Reading
• Bob Odenkirk as Cell

Reception[]

Leonard Klady of Variety magazine called it "a flip, intermittently amusing satire" and praised the cast but wrote: "the picture has little to offer in the way of insight or reflection and therefore won't translate outside of a small, insider crowd."^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Hacks at IMDb
• Hacks at Rotten Tomatoes
• Hacks at AllMovie

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