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1998 | Color | 2h 04

Brian Slade, a young rock star, inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality. In the end Slade destroys himself. Unable to escape the role he created for himself, he plots his own murder. When his fans discover that the murder is a fake, his star falls and he is virtually forgotten. Years later, in 1984, Arthur, a journalist working for a New York newspaper, is assigned the story about the fake murder of Brian Slade. When Arthur was young he was more than a fan of Slade. Reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened to his old glam rock hero.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Haynes; Todd
Script: Lyons; James, Haynes; Todd
Production: Vachon; Christine
Photography: Alberti; Maryse
Sound: Lindsay; Peter
Music: Burwell; Carter, Poster; Randall
Cast:Mcgregor; Ewan, Rhys-Meyers; Jonathan, Izzard; Eddie, Woof; Emily, Feast; Michael, Mckinley; Mairead, Morgan Oliver; Luke, Jones; Osheen, Westmoreland; Micko, Collette; Toni, Mcteer; Janet, Bale; Christian, Damia; Damia
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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