Synopsis
Following other indie films about the kinetic, drug-saturated rave culture such as Go (1999) and Human Traffic (1999) comes this ensemble movie, set in San Francisco. At the film's opening, the main characters are introduced at breakneck speed, including Leyla (Lola Glaudini) who recently arrived from New York, Neo-hippie Harmony (MacKenzie Firgens), who is celebrating her birthday with her boyfriend Colin (Denny Kirkwood), and Colin's nerdy brother David (Hamish Linklater), who would much rather read than rave. As the film charts David's first taste of chemically-induced ecstasy and his budding romance with Leyla, who serves as his trip guide, it also includes a small vignette of the tattoo and piercing set, including blissed-out drug dealers and their attempts at scamming on chicks, a skinhead looking for trouble, and a gay couple who just can't quite figure out where the blasted rave is. This film was screened at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
What Critics Say
A night in the life of an underground rave.
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The humid nights invite you to spend endless hours on the porch, drinking lemonade with friends until wee hours of the night. Classes are over, work hours are shorter, and the weekends seem to last forever. Summer equals freedom, a time to let everything go, and a time to simply have fun.
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Musicians are no different. Summertime is the best time to heed Kiss' advice and "rock 'n' roll all night and party everyday." After a year of touring, promoting their music, or maybe even recording an album, bands are ready to hit the road to do what they love to do the best - play music for their fans while soaking up the sun or bathing in the moonlight.
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'Ally' Gets Her Groove Back
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 26, 2000 -- First Robert Downey Jr., now Taye Diggs.
Hunky actor Diggs ("How Stella Got Her Groove Back," "The Best Man") begins a six-episode guest-starring stint on "Ally McBeal" on Feb. 12, but the "Go" man hopes that he'll be allowed to be more than just another pretty face (and body).
"I'm hoping they'll let me be a little wild and crazy as opposed to 'sit around and look cute,'" Diggs says in the Dec. 4 issue of People magazine.
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"I'll be someone's love interest, I'll be singing and I'm a lawyer, but that's all I know," he says.
Gee, isn't that every guest starring role on "Ally McBeal"?
Diggs' film credits include "The House on Haunted Hill" and "The Wood." "Ally McBeal" airs Mondays