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Around the Fire
- Director: John Jacobsen
- Writer: John Comerford; Tommy Rosen
- Producer: John Comerford; Lance Rosen
CGiii Comment
Bad wigs make this elongated anti-drugs commercial into more than just a laughing stock.
Neo-hippy culture and rich kids descending into hallucinations are vital ingredients for a disaster - here it is - with bad acting to boot.
Everything about this...reeks of sub-standard baloney, the wardrobe department have eloquently shown what total lack of inspiration (and skill) looks like.
The directing and writing team obviously saw the error of their ways - this was their first and last project to date.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Around the Fire is the deeply resonant story of a boy named Simon, who despite being raised in an upper-class Manhattan household with all its privileges--and restrictions--is haunted by the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of his mother. In Simon's eyes, his high-powered businessman father Matt wasted no time in remarrying his stepmother Lauren, a woman with a perfect facade whom he suspects of having an affair with Matt long before his mother's demise. When Simon is sent away to boarding school in preparation to attend Princeton, he meets Andrew, who introduces him to marijuana and LSD, and immerses him into a whole new world populated by dreamers, artists, utopians, flower children and partiers who spend the better part of their lives "on tour" at musical festivals. Simon is deeply moved by the beauty and freedom of these people, and feels they are the family he has always sought.
Cast & Characters
Devon Sawa as Simon Harris;
Bill Smitrovich as Matt Harris;
Tara Reid as Jennifer;
Eric Mabius as Andrew;
Colman Domingo as Trace;
Charlayne Woodard as Kate;
Lisa Burgett as Lauren;
Henri Lubatti as Kevin;
John Pirruccello as Joe;
Stephen Tobolowsky as Doc;
Daphne Brogdon as Simon's mother;
Blaine Walker as Young Simon;
Manny the Hippie as Vegan GooBall Man;
Amos Glick as Neal;
Heath Lourwood as Jason