Alicia McCutcheon, Bruno Kirby, Clea DuVall

Drumstrings Casey's (Guy Pearce) progressive rock sound is music to the ears of one small-town woman. Evie (Lili Taylor) is an amusement park employee who can't seem to get enough of the musician, eve...( read more  read more... )n going so far as to carve his name into her forehead during one of his concerts. As the media gets word of Evie's bizarre stunt, star and fan are propelled toward one another.

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R, 109 min.

Directed by: Toni Kalem

Release Date: January 22, 1999

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DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004

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  • April 14, 2009
    I really enjoyed this film & I'm a huge Guy Pearce Fan!
  • September 28, 2008
    OMG! GUY PEARCE CAN SING, TOO! SO HOT!
  • August 8, 2008
    good casting but thats about it
  • April 23, 2008
    this movie was so weird. i didnt get it at all!!
  • August 25, 2007
    Not a whole lot to say about this one. It was interesting and original and Pearce gives his usual great performance, but there just isn't a whole lot going on. The singer doesn't seem great enough to justify his attitude, but it works in a way. What really made this stand out ...( read more)to me is that it had plenty of chances to take a cliche route (and I kept expecting it to) but it didn't. The writer was smart enough to take the road less travelled.

    Also - Not sure, but it sounds like Pearce did his own singing. Either way, he sounds capable of being in an actual band.
  • May 21, 2007
    I first caught this movie on IFC a couple of weeks ago (drawn to it by one of my favorite actors, Guy Pearce). It's a beautiful story. Makes those of us who don't necessarily look like supermodels feel as if there may actually be something special about us. Lily Taylor's characte...( read more)r is awesome and she plays the role extremely well. Guy Pearce is superb, as always. A movie that makes you think it's going to make you sad, but an unexpected (but hoped for) twist at the end makes things right with the world once more.
  • May 17, 2007
    Interesting movie! Definately worth the watch. A small town girl becomes somewhat obsessed with a musician. They are propelled toward one another ofter a bizarre stunt she pulls at one of his shows.

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