Directed by:
Ethan HawkeScreenplay:
Ethan HawkeCinematography:
Christopher NorrCast:
Mark Webber, Glen Powell, Laura Linney, Frank Whaley, Lynn Cohen, Sônia Braga, Ethan Hawke, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Michelle Williams, Josh Zuckerman (more)Plots(1)
When William meets Sarah at a bar appropriately called the "Bitter End", he is almost 21 and about to act in his first movie. He is so used to getting what he wants that he has never been able to care deeply for anyone. But all of that is about to change. It is Sarah who will become William's undoing and his salvation. An affair with her will take William from a tenement on the Lower East Side to a hotel room in Mexico, from a hurried proposal of marriage to the extremities of need and the wisdom that comes only to true survivors. "The hero is a young actor from Texas, arriving in New York, without any real sense of authenticity or identity; which was exactly where I was 15 years ago when I first started writing my novel. My hope was that, with a little bit of time, I could better understand the themes of this story and make an honest personal film." Ethan Hawke (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Mark Webber
USA
Best movies:
Broken Flowers (2005)
The Good Life (2007)
Hollywood Ending (2002)
Glen Powell
USA
Best movies:
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Into the West (2005) (series)
Laura Linney
USA
Best movies:
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Frank Whaley
USA
Best movies:
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JFK (1991)
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Lynn Cohen
USA
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Sônia Braga
Brazil
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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) (TV movie)
Ethan Hawke
USA
Best movies:
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Catalina Sandino Moreno
Colombia
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Paris, I Love You (2006)
Michelle Williams
USA
Best movies:
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The Station Agent (2003)
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Josh Zuckerman
USA
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CBGB (2013)
Lions for Lambs (2007)
John Patrick Shanley
USA
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Alexandra Daddario
USA
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Cherami Leigh
USA
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The Mist (2007)
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Lara Theodos
Best movies:
The Hottest State (2006)
The Babysitters (2007)
Daniel Ross Owens
USA
Best movies:
Trumbo (2015)
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (2009)
The Final (2010)
Elizabeth Marley
Best movies:
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Jonathan Marc Sherman
USA
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tick, tick...BOOM! (2021)
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