In The Soup

Broke and desperate filmmaker Adolpho Rollo (Steve Buscemi) is a Manhattan wannabe in love with the mysterious woman next door, Angelica Peña (Jennifer Beals). He puts out an ad offering to sell his 'fabulous' movie script for $500, and gets a response from Joe (Seymour Cassel), who gives him a thousand and says he'll raise the 250,000 to make the picture. The problem is, Joe is a semi-connected wiseguy with a hemophiliac brother Skippy (Will Patton) and a habit of committing oddball crimes. Adolpho has signed on for a wild ride with a guy who shows up in the middle of the night and drags him into risky criminal activity. But Joe's also a sweetheart who terrorizes Adolpho's thug landlords into submission and goes to see Adolpho's mother in the middle of the night to make her feel happy. Best of all, Angelica comes into the picture, thanks mostly to Joe's wild party personality. Adolpho should be happy, but his life has become totally unglued, and his movie dreams seem farther away than ever.
- "Furiously clever."
- "Hilarious!"
- "Each scene sparkles with unpredictable comic twists"
- "Irresistible."
- "Magical."
- "A quirky, magical style and ironic humor that manage to conjure happy memoires of filmmakers ranging from Vittorio De Sica and Luchino Visconti to Woody Allen."
- "A Sundance Festival hit from the time when Sundance was making its mark, this indie feature is a wonderful oddball pleasure."
Awards & Recognition
Grand Jury Prize
Sundance Film Festival
Special Jury Prize - Acting
Sundance Film Festival
Silver Hugo - Best Actor
Chicago Int'l. Film Festival
Gold Plaque - Best Supporting Actor
Chicago Int'l. Film Festival
Audience Award
Deauville Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Toronto Int'l. Film Festival
New York Film Festival
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