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As a writer stymied by past success, writers block, substance abuse, relationship problems and a serious set of father issues, Elliotts cracked-out chronicle of a bizarre murder trial amounts to less than the sum of its parts. Not long into the 2007 trial of programmer Hans Reiser, accused of murdering his wife, the defendants friend Sean Sturgeon obliquely confessed to several murders (though not the murder of Reisers wife). Elliott, caught up in the film-ready twist and his tenuous connection to Sturgeon (they share a BDSM social circle), makes a record of the proceedings. The result is a scattered, self-indulgent romp through the mind of a depressive narcissist obsessed with his insecurities and childhood traumas.
Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that fuels his writing. Adrift in the precarious gray area of memory, Stephen is led by three sources of inspiration: a new romance, the best friend who shares his history and a murder trial that reminds him more than a little of his own story.
James Franco
Stephen Elliott
Ed Harris
Neil Elliott
Amber Heard
Lana Edmond
Jim Parrack
Roger
Timothée Chalamet
Teenage Stephen
Danny Flaherty
Teenage Roger
Christian Slater
Hans Reiser
Cynthia Nixon
Jen Davis
Elizabeth Hobgood
Kathleen
Tamzin Brown
Miranda
Rochelle Bostrom
Amanda
Laura Frost
Nina Reiser
Jake Katzman
Cori Resier
Adam LeFevre
Bill DuBois
Michael Cristofer
Paul Hora
Willie C. Carpenter
Judge Goodman
Julienne Hanzelka Kim
Juror #1
Raymond T. Williams
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