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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
1,844 Views


with him.

We'll go out--

just the three of us.

Whoa! Blackout!

Listen, you must party

with Julian and Blair.

How long is this

going to last?

I'm out of here,

guys.

I will beg.

Blair will plead.

Please.

Please.

Ok, fine.

It's your loss.

Let's do it!

#Jingle bells #

#Jingle bells #

#Jingle all the way #

# Oh, what fun

it is to ride #

# In a red Corvette today #

# Hey, hey, hey #

#Jingle bells #

#Jingle bells #

#Jingle-- Hark #

#The herald angels sing #

# Fa la la la la #

# La la la la #

# 'Tis the season #

Where are we going?

Where'd we used to go?

# La la ha ha #

# Silent night #

# Holy night #

# Round yon virgin #

Me?

# Mother and child ##

Julian!

Come here!

Thank you.

Oh, what do I do?

You guys have heard

of the Panic Club?

Ninth and Figueroa.

You guys are from Reseda?

Just kidding.

No, I'm about to own it.

Be nice to Julian,

would you, please?

Sure.

You don't understand.

He tried so hard.

That record deal fell apart.

He lost his money his father gave him.

But he wouldn't give up.

He borrowed money from Rip.

He worked day and night.

He did everything he could

to keep it going.

Nothing helped.

Julian was so hurt.

I don't think he ever really,

you know, failed before.

He got high

all the time.

Once he faced his father,

he was so f***ed up

Mr. Wells finally

kicked him out.

Julian needs you, Clay.

He was always there for you.

Hey.

Cheer up, will you?

It's Christmas.

Remember the infamous

coffee cup?

Oh, no, don't, please.

Oh, yes. How to seduce Blair

without really trying.

There's the smile.

It's nice to see it again.

that's half our lives.

# Livin' in a shack

in a one-horse town #

#Tryin' to get to heaven

'fore the sun goin' down #

# Lizard in a bottle, yeah #

# Dizzy in a haze

for 40 days #

# Hey there,

little devil #

Got a minute,

sweetheart?

Surely.

We gots to talk

business, friend.

Relax. I'll pay you.

Just trust me.

I don't want to

trust you.

I just want my 50K.

Patience is next

to godliness.

It's the flip side

of cleanliness,

but it's still pretty

f***in' important.

What are we talking about,

Julian?

- You giving me a ''G'' on spec.

- No. No way.

Very attractive girls

falling all over me for some blow.

Just hook me.

No.

This is the last time.

As soon as the club deal goes through,

I'm recashing you every penny.

I hope so.

Well, don't hope.

Trust.

# Lizard in a bottle, yeah #

# Come in, little devil #

# Be my little angel #

# Come on, little devil #

# Be my-y-y a-a-angel ##

# I believe #

# I believe #

Huh?

- What are you listening to?

- What?

I can't...

some kind of

Eastern philosophy?

# I believe ya #

# I believe #

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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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