Hacks ( Sink or Swim and The Big Twist) is a 1997 American comedy film written and directed by Gary Rosen. The film premiered at the AFI Los Angeles Film Festival.
Plot
Brian is a television writer-producer who is working on creating a 22-episode show, but has writer's block and needs inspiration. He teams up with a group of writer friends to write about a sexual encounter he watches on a balcony.
He witnesses a strange romantic encounter between two figures on the balcony of a hotel near his flat and decides to write scripts with his writer friends based on what he saw.
Cast Stephen Rea as Brian Illeana Douglas as Georgia Feckler John Ritter as Hank Dave Foley as Neil Richard Kind as Benny Dusty Kay as Ira Gold Tom Arnold as Danny Robert Patrick as Goatee Ryan O'Neal as Dr. Applefield Jason Priestley as The Dude Olivia d'Abo as Lynn Lisa Kudrow as Reading Bob Odenkirk as Cell
Reception Leonard Klady of Variety magazine called it "a flip, intermittently amusing satire" and praised the cast but wrote: "the picture has little to offer in the way of insight or reflection and therefore won't translate outside of a small, insider crowd."
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