Party Monster
- Director: Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato
- Writer: Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato
- Producer: Fenton Bailey; Randy Barbato
CGiii Comment
The documentary-makers make a feature from their documentary...oops.
The role is a little too demanding for Culkin...but, a brave effort nonetheless - Green is impressive.
With a bigger budget and better directors...this could have been an exceptional film, it bears the hallmarks.
All in all, thoroughly watchable.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Set in the New York club scene of the late 1980's thru the 1990's, a tale which chronicles the rise and fall of club-kid promoter Michael Alig, a party organizer, whose extravagant life was sent spiralling downward when he boasted on television that he had killed his friend, roommate, and drug dealer, Angel Melendez. Originally from Indiana, Alig moved to New York, and came to be an underground legend, known for his excessive drug use and outrageous behavior in the club world. At his peak, he had his own record label, and magazine, and hosted Disco 2000, one of the biggest club nights in New York in the '90s. He was doing a lot of drugs, and as his addiction got worse, his party themes became darker and more twisted. Alig's saga reached its tragic crescendo when he viciously murdered his drug dealer, Angel, by injecting him with Drano and throwing him in the East River. The power he wielded on the club scene made him feel untouchable, so he didn't hestitate to boast of the murder.
Cast & Characters
Seth Green as James St. James;
Macaulay Culkin as Michael Alig;
Diana Scarwid as Elke;
Chloe Sevigny as Gitsie;
Marilyn Manson as Christina;
Dylan McDermott as Peter Gatien;
Mia Kirshner as Natasha;
Wilmer Valderrama as Keoki;
Daniel Franzese as The Rat / Dallas MC;
Natasha Lyonne as Brooke;
Elliot Kriss as Cabbie;
Wilson Cruz as Angel;
Janis Dardaris as TV Reporter;
Dillon Woolley as Young James;
Manny Perez as Johnny