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Synopsis: Clay, an eighteen-year-old freshman, comes back from his first term at Princeton to spend his Christmas vacation with his broken-up wealthy family in Los Angeles. His former girlfriend, Blair, is now involved with his ex-best-friend, Julian. She warns Clay that Julian needs help: he is using a lot of cocaine and has huge debts. What follows is a look at the youth culture of wealthy post adolescents in Beverly Hills with a strong anti-drug message. Apart from the setting and the names, the film has very little to do with Bret Easton Ellis's book by the same title on which it was based.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Marek Kanievska
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
54%
R
Year:
1987
98 min
1,818 Views


get back?

This morning.

Are you gonna stay

a while?

Yeah.

How are you doing?

Working for a living.

Working?

Well, my fingers

to the bone, friend.

Are you staying

in school?

Yeah.

Don't f*** off.

Don't be a bum.

Like you?

Just like me.

You look like you could use

a little Christmas cheer.

No.

Come on, Clay.

Old habits never die.

They just hibernate.

Old dealers?

They go to jail, right?

Play handball

with the Wall Street guys.

You don't belong here.

These people are a**holes.

Who gives a f***

about these people?

I don't know, Rip.

Good customers though, huh?

Bread and butter.

Blair's upstairs.

# I wanna rock and roll

all nite #

#And party every day #

# I wanna rock and roll

all nite #

Ahh!

#And party every day #

# I wanna rock and roll

all nite ##

Sammy!

...Keep right

on the floor.

They really belong

to the company.

Hello, Clay.

Bye, Blair.

Hi, Clay.

Hi.

Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

You look pale.

Santa's gonna put

a suntan in my stocking.

So how's school?

Great.

You know, school.

Well, you--

you look great.

I thought

I looked pale.

Well, you look

pale and great.

Have you seen Julian?

No.

He misses you--

The three of us--

like high school.

Why did you call?

I wanted to.

Good reason.

Well, there's more.

I'm here.

I think Julians

in a lot of trouble.

Julian?

I didn't know

who else to call.

- I can think of 500 people downstairs.

- No, he's in trouble.

Old trouble

or new trouble?

He disappears and comes back

like nothing happened.

He's wasted

all the time.

Julian's been doing that

since he was 10.

No, he gets

really sick.

It's not like you remember.

Talk to him.

- I didn't come home to talk to Julian.

- Please.

- I got to go.

- No, um--

Do you ever think

about me?

Do you?

Yeah.

All the time.

# Kick it #

#Yeah #

No, not beautiful

beautiful--

Beautiful.

- Who's he going with?

- Nobody!

Who was he

going with?

He is not a slut.

He hasn't slept with anybody.

He's a nun!

Swear?

He slept

with Kim--once.

The hit list.

Hey!

Tequila shot,

and a shotgun for my buddy.

What do you think?

It's one barrel,

two shots, huh?

Quench that thirst

for revenge?

- When did you get back?

- Today.

Well, you look

very collegiate.

- How was it?

- What?

School.

Harder than I thought.

Still pissed?

No.

Liar.

I'm not.

Well, it's been sentimental.

Got to go.

# Bo di di bo

de bo di di bo #

# Bum di di bum di di bum #

#Yeah #

#Ah, yeah, hey, ah #

# Bom did dee ba #

# Don't you know it? ##

We'll bring Clay with us.

Clay!

- Clay!

- Clay!

- Hello!

- Hi!

I'm out of here,

guys.

No, you're not.

This is the holiday hour.

You can't argue

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Harley Peyton

Harley Peyton is an American television producer and writer. He worked in both capacities on Twin Peaks and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his writing on the series. He went to Harvard and Stanford. more…

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