Shakespeare In... And Out

Shakespeare In... And Out

80 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 21, 1999

In the 1980s, a filmmaker begins a project to record the life of an average kid. In Perry, Ohio, he picks Rich Longfellow, a shy lad, and begins filming. Soon after, he dies in Mozambique. Sixteen years later, his son continues the project, finding Rich, now 23, in L.A., with dreams of being a Shakespearean actor, getting experience in porn films. We meet Betsy, Rich's sensible girlfriend, Lee, the impatient producer, and Carmichael, a director with artistic pretensions who inspires Rich. Problems with Besty and tension on the set bring Rich to a crisis; when his boyhood friend starts a Shakespeare company that tours nursing homes in the San Fernando Valley, Rich sees a way out.

Shakespeare In... And Out

80 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 21, 1999

Shakespeare In... And Out
In the 1980s, a filmmaker begins a project to record the life of an average kid. In Perry, Ohio, he picks Rich Longfellow, a shy lad, and begins filming. Soon after, he dies in Mozambique. Sixteen years later, his son continues the project, finding Rich, now 23, in L.A., with dreams of being a Shakespearean actor, getting experience in porn films. We meet Betsy, Rich's sensible girlfriend, Lee, the impatient producer, and Carmichael, a director with artistic pretensions who inspires Rich. Problems with Besty and tension on the set bring Rich to a crisis; when his boyhood friend starts a Shakespeare company that tours nursing homes in the San Fernando Valley, Rich sees a way out.
IMDb rating 5.1
Producers Troma Entertainment, Water & Light Productions
Original title Shakespeare In... And Out
Directors Peter Shushtari
Writers Peter Shushtari

Cast

Roger Shank

as Rich Longfellow (as Roger William)

Lawrence Trilling

as Harold Asailian Jr

J.D. Smith

as Lee Fernandez

William Neenan

as Carmichael Astune

Randall Slavin

as Duane Brickton