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Star Maps
- Director: Miguel Arteta
- Writer: Miguel Arteta
- Producer: Robin Brown; Beth Colt
CGiii Comment
Selling star maps is another way of saying that you are a hustler - yes, another hustler film with the usual hustler storyline.
A boy wants to be a star and ends up hustling instead, blah blah, but, here's the rub, his father is his pimp - yuck.
The acting is below par, as is the script - discernible in the first few minutes.
It has the look of the soft porn genre minus any significant nudity - quite a few boobs though - it is a lame attempt on familiar themes and not worth the effort.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Carlos wants to be an actor. But his father, Pepe, wants him to work in the family business, that is, male prostitution. Carlos decides that he will be one of his father's boys until he can get his foot in the door in Hollywood. Finally one of his clients, a rich soap star, offers him a bit part in her show. Pepe tell Carlos that she is just using him and demands that he not see the women any longer. Carlos defies his father and when his big day comes he is finds out the harsh realities of life are even harsher than he imagined.
Cast & Characters
Douglas Spain as Carlos Amado;
Efrain Figueroa as Pepe Amato;
Kandeyce Jorden as Jennifer;
Martha Velez as Teresa Amato;
Lysa Flores as Maria Amato;
Annette Murphy as Letti, Pepe's Girlfriend;
Robin Thomas as Martin;
Vincent Chandler as Juancito Amato;
Al Vicente as Fred Marin;
Herbert Siguenza as Cantinflas' Ghost;
Jeffrey Sanna as Frank Rivers;
Jeff Michalski as Bartender;
Zak Penn as Carmel County Writer;
Alejandro Parra as Star Map Boy;
Caesar Garcia as Star Map Boy