It sounds like a budding writer's dream: a bestselling first novel, a luxurious house in Malibu, and a trophy wife... But it all unravels when writer's block and a failed marriage send Richard McMurray out into the streets.
Acting
Campbell Scott's perfectly calibrated patheticness.
Writing
Meta-commentary that bites the hand that writes it.

Director
Gary Walkow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Campbell Scott and director Gary Walkow had previously collaborated on 1997's 'The Daytrippers.'
Released in 2007, this captures the precise moment before the financial crash made 'failed writer in Malibu' hit different.