''Greasy Lake'' is a 1988 American short drama film based on the short story " Greasy Lake" by

T. Coraghessan Boyle Thomas Coraghessan Boyle, also known as T. C. Boyle and T. Coraghessan Boyle (born December 2, 1948), is an American novelist and short story writer. Since the mid-1970s, he has published sixteen novels and more than 100 short stories. He won the ...

. It was directed by

Damian Harris Damian David Harris (born 2 August 1958) is a British film director and screenwriter. He is the eldest son of the actor Richard Harris and socialite Elizabeth Rees-Williams. Career In 1968, Harris debuted on screen playing Miles in the film ' ...

and stars

Eric Stoltz Eric Cameron Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor, director and producer. He played the role of Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film ''Mask'', which earned him the nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Support ...

and James Spader.

Plot

At the start of summer vacation, three 19-year-old friends set out cruising on a trip toward Greasy Lake outside Los Angeles that ends up being more eventful than they expected.

Cast

as T.C. * James Spader as Digby * Tegan West as Jeff *

Cisco Pike ''Cisco Pike'' is a 1972 American drama film that was written and directed by Bill L. Norton, and released by Columbia Pictures. The film stars Kris Kristofferson as a musician who, having fallen on hard times, turns to the selling of marijuana ...

as Bad Ass *

Dirty Dick Nathaniel Bentley (-1809), commonly known as Dirty Dick, was an 18th and 19th-century merchant who owned a hardware shop and warehouse in London. He was possibly an inspiration for Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens' '' Great Expectations'', after ...

as Biker * Freaky Frank as Biker * Jeff Edwards as Hitch Hiker *

Julie Dolan Julie Dolan is a pioneering Australian women's soccer player who appeared in eighteen international matches for the Australian Women's National Team during a 10-year career. She debuted in a national representative side aged just fourteen and ...

as Bad Ass' Girlfriend * Annabel Harris as Bad Girl #1 * Denise Crosby as Bad Girl #2 * Tom Waits as Narrator

Release

The film was shown at the American Film Institute Festival in 1988 and was later released with three other short films on the 1990 videocassette ''The Discovery Program'', volume 1, distributed by JCI Video.

References

External links

* {{Damian Harris 1988 films 1988 drama films American drama films Films based on short fiction Films set in Los Angeles County, California Films directed by Damian Harris 1980s English-language films 1980s American films