Cadillac

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The 1997 film Cadillac is based on a play by actor/playwright Bruce McIntosh. Little information can be found about this title aside from the following descriptions and reviews. If you know of additional information, please contact me. 

From IMDb

"Three friends experimented with acid in high school, Jimmy had a terrible acid trip that ended in a stint in a psychiatric hospital. Afterwards he spends his days restoring a 1970 Cadillac and clinging to long-gone ideals, while his two friends try to get on with their lives."

From the Hollywood Film Festival site, 

"Three friends struggle during one night with the consequences of an incident to celebrate their last days of high school but has haunted them ever since."

The Houston Chronicle,

The film takes place on one long evening as three male pals and housemates, on the verge of moving apart, dredge up the past, finally making confessions about that fateful day 15 years ago when one of them did-or did not? - let the others down.

Lenny Von Dohlen (Twin Peaks) is Jimmy, the former best and brightest who searched for himself on acid and never completely came back. His friend Todd (Taylor Nichols) is a nasty drunk who feels it's his duty to bring everyone down to harsh reality. Mike (Daniel Roebuck of U.S. Marshals) is the get-along guy. Todd and Mike are wondering how to leave Jimmy in protective hands. The evening begins as a three-couple date that becomes a disaster, leaving the pals to face Truth.
You really want to admire the movie for its earnestness, and it is sporadically involving, especially early on. But it heads in predictable directions. The inevitable final confrontation confession reveals nothing much. Several endings, the last an unlikely wrap-up, make the 93-minute movie feel long.

Von Dohlen is appeasingly subtle as a burned-out case, not unable to cope, just slightly detached and unwilling to do so. Stephanie Romanov is the standout among the three women disgusted with their men. 

Thank you to Vinnie Guidera for retrieving the above review for me. 

The known cast is as follows:

Annabelle Gurwitch as Rose

Bruce Kirby as Augustine

Taylor Nichols as Todd

Daniel Roebuck as Mike

Lenny Von Dohlen as Jimmy

Stephanie Romanov as Kathy

Traci Lind as Missy

Phillip A. Hamilton as EMT/Rescue Unit

Susan Savage - Role Unknown


Newspaper Pieces 

The Los Angeles Times

The piece above is a review of the play, but some matters may still apply to the film. 

The Star Times

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