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Kill Your Darlings (2006)

A desperate young writer is lured on a wild ride through the desert by a mysterious woman in this darkly comic take on the all-American road trip. Along the way they cross paths with a hapless mobster, a 6 foot transvestite and a lovesick housewife, all on the way to their celebrity TV shrink in Las Vegas... Things quickly spiral out of control into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game... a writer's frantic search for inspiration becomes intertwined with a motley crew of quirky characters seeking love and adventure at any cost.

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Top billed cast

Lolita DavidovichLola
Julie BenzKatherine
Alexander SkarsgårdGeert
John LarroquetteDr. Bangley
Greg GermannStevens
Benito MartinezOfficer Jones
John SavageRock
Terry MooreElla Toscana
Andreas WilsonErik
Skye McCole BartusiakSunshine

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