Sink or Swim
Also known as Hacks, which I think is a much better name. This little number went practically straight to video, despite its star-studded cast (just take a look!). Why? Because movies about making movies practically never work, and even when they do, it's hard to make yourself care. Sink or Swim tweaks the genre a little -- with Rea as a haggard writer who can't get his arms around an enormous task facing him down. When his "friends" swoop in to stab him in the back... well, it's a curious little picture, like I said.
Rating
3.0 out of 5 Stars
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- Producer: Jason Clark, Paige Simpson
- Screenwriter: Gary Rosen
- Stars: Stephen Rea, Illeana Douglas, John Ritter, Dave Foley, Richard Kind, Dusty Kay, Tom Arnold, Robert Patrick, Ryan O'Neal, Ricky Jay, Jason Priestley, Olivia d'Abo, Lisa Kudrow, Bob Odenkirk
- MPAA Rating: R
- Year of Release: 1997
- Released on Video: 12/01/1999
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