Movie
Swimming with Sharks
Overview
Guy is a young film executive who's willing to do whatever it takes to make it in Hollywood. He begins working for famed producer Buddy Ackerman, a domineering, manipulative, coldhearted boss. When Guy also finds out that his cynical girlfriend, Dawn, has been using sex as a career move, he reaches his limit. Guy decides to exact revenge on Buddy by kidnapping him and subjecting him to cruel and unusual punishment.
Details
- Release date
- 1994-09-10
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Trimark Pictures, Cineville
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kevin Spacey as Buddy Ackerman
- Frank Whaley as Guy
- Michelle Forbes as Dawn Lockard
- Benicio del Toro as Rex
- T.E. Russell as Foster Kane
- Roy Dotrice as Cyrus Miles
- Matthew Flint as Manny
- Patrick Fischler as Moe
- Jerry Levine as Jack
Crew
- George Huang - Director
- George Huang - Writer
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