Permanent Midnight (1998)
Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.
Top billed cast
Ben StillerJerry Stahl
Elizabeth HurleySandra
Maria BelloKitty
Owen WilsonNicky
Lourdes BenedictoVola
Peter GreeneGus
Cheryl LaddPamela Verlaine
Fred WillardCraig Ziffer
Charles FleischerAllen from Mr. Chompers
Janeane GarofaloJana Farmer
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