Instant Karma (film)

Instant Karma is a 1990 film. Craig Sheffer stars as Zane, a TV producer looking for romance. Directed by Roderick Taylor.

Plot[]

Zane (Craig Sheffer) is writer-producer of the TV show "Rock & Roll P.I." (the clips of the fictitious program are a delightful parody of cop shows). Although a successful young man, he is lonely and having a particularly bad week. First, he has a confrontation with the show's temperamental star, Reno (David Cassidy), on the set of the show. Next, Zane and his co-writer David (Glenn Hirsch) are pitching a script to producer Jon Clark (Marty Ingels). By the end of the meeting, Jon says he loves the story, but wants to change the script completely. And, to top things off, Zane's accountant tells him that the IRS is planning to do an audit of his investments. However, while all of these disasters are happening, he does meet a nice actress, Penelope (Chelsea Noble).

Zane begins dating Penelope and things go smoothly. Then one afternoon while on the set, Reno gives Zane some tacky advice about women, and some drugs. Reno claims they're harmless pills which will relax him. Later that evening, Zane takes them while on a date with Penelope and begins acting strange. Zane wakes up the next morning to discover that the pills were hallucinatory drugs and that he only imagined most of the evening's events. He immediately calls Penelope's place and a man answers the phone. Jumping to conclusions, Zane goes to see Penelope and throws a fit. Back at his accountant's office later that day, Zane is told he owes half a million dollars in back taxes. He is also informed that Reno has been arrested for drug abuse and that the show is being cancelled. On his way home, Zane is in a near-fatal car accident. Accompanied by his faithful basset hound Wolfgang, he walks all the way to Penelope's place and declares his love for her.

Cast[]

• Craig Sheffer as Zane
• Chelsea Noble as Penelope
• David Cassidy as Reno
• Glenn Hirsch as David
• Orson Bean as Dr. Berlin
• James Gallery as Jerry
• Alan Blumenfeld as Oscar Meyer
• William Smith as Pop
• Doug Steindorff as Stoned Husband
• Gail Villegas as Dancer
• Amy Lee Waddell as Julie
• Kristina Wotkyns as Cindy
• John Lacy as Lucius
• Rebekka Armstrong as Jamie
• Dan Lee Clark as Steve Elias
• Gary Burden as Jesus Man
• Brigitte Burdine as Dancer
• Sarah Buxton as Cathy
• Keri Jo Chapman as Dancer
• Gino Conforti as The Director
• Catherine M. Cummings as Shakra Zula
• Blackie Dammett as Ed Polisky
• Rick Diamond as 1st A.D.
• Steve Fuji as Boom Man
• Marty Ingels as Jon Clark
• Hedy Lamarr as Movie Goddess, Archive Footage^[2]
• Richard Le Pore as Radcliff
• Sandy Newlands as Dancer
• Tiffanie Poston as Laura
• Ashley Quaine as Janet
• Larry B. Scott - Clapper Boy
• Annette Sinclair as Amy

External links[]

• Instant Karma at IMDb
• Instant Karma at the TCM Movie Database
• Instant Karma at Fandango.com

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