A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 13, 2001
Original Title:
Hunger
Genres:
Drama
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 82
A sensitive writer from a small town faces spiritual crisis as he tries to make it as a Hollywood screenwriter. Charlie Pontus (Joseph Culp) wanders around Los Angeles torn between his efforts to sell a screenplay and find his next meal. His natural optimism keeps him afloat as he walks the tight-rope between his love for the beautiful, exotic Ylayali (Kathleen Luong) and his desperate connection to The Chief (Robert Culp), the Hollywood producer who has the power to give life or take it away. Stubbornly refusing to relinquish his principles, he sinks deeper and deeper into spiritual crisis, finally confronting God in a Jobian showdown.
Assistant Art Director:
Micky Govern
Camera Operator:
Ignacio Valero
Carey Riley
Cinematography:
Jonathon Millman
Director:
Maria Giese
Editor:
Sam Citron
Executive Producer:
Daniel Franklin
James Quill
Maya Tolstoy
Sam Citron
Makeup Artist:
Tera Grengs
Novel:
Knut Hamsun
Original Music Composer:
Trevor Morris
Kazimir Boyle
Post-Production Manager:
Jim Borgardt
Producer:
Joseph Culp
Maria Giese
Production Controller:
Lisa Lynn Kearsley
Production Design:
Joshua Culp
Sound Editor:
Hal Dace
Lisle Leete
Clara Y. Zhu
Writer:
Maria Giese
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