Dying Gaul (The)
- Director: Craig Lucas
- Writer: Craig Lucas
- Producer: Joseph Caruso; Sean Fitzgerald
CGiii Comment
Oh dear - a story of Hollywood - with all of its deceit and manipulation. How original.
The film starts off well and then sinks, quicker than boiled egg.
Lucas name-drops, Lucas does not like violent video games and Lucas presents us with a story of moronic proportions.
It is all beautifully done.
It just leaves you wondering how stupid Lucas must be - to believe that he could possibly sell this, ultimately, STUPID story.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The gay screenwriter Robert, who is grieving the recent loss of his lover, writes a screenplay based on his biography and tries to sell it to the Hollywood producer Jeffrey. He offers one million dollars for his work, provided changes in the story replacing the dying man per a woman to make a commercial film. Jeffrey shows the screenplay to his wife Elaine, who loves to write and to plant flowers, and she is also delighted with the story. Robert works introducing the required modifications and Jeffrey, who is bisexual, has an affair with him. Meanwhile Elaine finds the gay website where Robert writes and she creates a fake profile to have conversation with him pretending that she is his deceased lover. Soon she learns the affair of her husband and she decides to leave him. But when the gay Robert discovers the truth, he has a breakdown and takes vengeance for Elaine with tragic consequences.
Cast & Characters
Patricia Clarkson as Elaine Tishop;
Campbell Scott as Jeffrey Tishop;
Peter Sarsgaard as Robert Sandrich;
Ryan Miller as Max Tishop;
Faith Jefferies as Debbon Tishop;
Robin Bartlett as Bella;
Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Olaf;
Kelli O'Hara as Liz;
Dee Dee Flores as Emad;
Elizabeth Marvel as Kelli Cartonis;
Don Johanson as Male Guest;
Bill Camp as Malcolm Cartonis;
Linda Emond as Dr. Marta Foss;
Craig Hamrick as Party Guest;
Thomas Jay Ryan