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Sugar Town

Sugar Town

Overall Rating: Product Rating: 3.0

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Key Information
Directors: Kurt Voss
Stars: Rosanna Arquette
Actors: Michael Des Barres
Genre: Dramas
Subgenre: Sexuality · Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (MPAA)
Available Formats: VHS
UPC: 733807008602
Release Date: 1999
Running Time: 1hr 34min
Languages
Original Language: English
VHS Editions
: Format: VHS, 1hr 34min
UPC: 733807008602
Professional Reviews
: (07/01/2001, p.64, Dan Leigh): "...A deft, understated character study....Anders' direction is graceful and the performances she elicits from her cast are uniformly excellent..."
More Information
Details: Allison Anders provides another view of the world of rock and roll with SUGAR TOWN. As in her previous efforts in this genre, BORDER RADIO and GRACE OF MY HEART, it's her razor-sharp sense of character and her eye for telling detail, along with the infectious music, that capture viewers' attention. Again collaborating with codirector/cowriter Kurt Voss, Anders shows a broad spectrum of characters on the fringes of the music business in Los Angeles. These figures include a washed-up trio of musicians--played with tongue-in-cheek charm by actual musicians John Taylor (Duran Duran), Michael Des Barres (Power Station), and Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet), who are dealing with their diminished stature and trying to get one more record deal; a thirtysomething production designer (played by Ally Sheedy), who's stymied by her dealings with men; and Jade Gordon as a manipulative, talentless ingenue determined to make a name for herself at all costs. John Doe (BORDER RADIO) and Rosanna Arquette are also on board, wit...
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