Interesting short film with an ensemble cast of five virtually unknown young men at the time. It's a time capsule, really. Four of them have gone on to careers as character actors, while the fifth, of course, has shot to super-stardom.
The quality of the videos posted on YouTube and Vimeo are grainy and dark, and the wigs are...well, obvious. Gregg and Heames appeared to have been lucky enough to wear their own hair, but the other three had to make do with the hair hats they were given. It's funny, but it doesn't lessen the punch of their performances.
With the exception of Busey (who doesn't open his mouth once), the dialogue among DiCaprio, Gregg, Heames and Rapaport is natural and quite moving in places. They really pull you into the room with them, a silent witness to the moral/ethical dilemma they're hashing out, with very real and devastating consequences no matter what the final decision is on the fate of the foot. DiCaprio and Heames were the two that stood out as exceptional, here, for me, fighting like brothers not because they're angry but because the stakes are so high.
Glad this finally surfaced some 20+ years later. It's worth a look, check it out.
The quality of the videos posted on YouTube and Vimeo are grainy and dark, and the wigs are...well, obvious. Gregg and Heames appeared to have been lucky enough to wear their own hair, but the other three had to make do with the hair hats they were given. It's funny, but it doesn't lessen the punch of their performances.
With the exception of Busey (who doesn't open his mouth once), the dialogue among DiCaprio, Gregg, Heames and Rapaport is natural and quite moving in places. They really pull you into the room with them, a silent witness to the moral/ethical dilemma they're hashing out, with very real and devastating consequences no matter what the final decision is on the fate of the foot. DiCaprio and Heames were the two that stood out as exceptional, here, for me, fighting like brothers not because they're angry but because the stakes are so high.
Glad this finally surfaced some 20+ years later. It's worth a look, check it out.