Passed over at work and numbed after she witnesses a colleague's murder, security guard Trixie Zurbo takes a relatively easy job at a lakefront casino, working undercover keeping an eye out for pickpockets. Trixie meets an assortment of colorful regulars: Kirk Stans, the casino's lounge act who drinks too much and is a dead-on mimic; Ruby Pearli , a glamorous, young and knowledgeable barfly; and Dex Lang, a raffish ladies' man who pays attention to Trixie in a way that's hard for her to ignore.
Acting
Watson commits fully to linguistic chaos; Murphy steals every scene.
Direction
Rudolph's loose, improvisational hangout vibe.
Writing
Malapropisms so relentless they become poetry.
Director
Alan Rudolph
Emily Watson
Trixie Zurbo
Dermot Mulroney
Dex Lang
Nick Nolte
Senator Drummond Avery
Nathan Lane
Kirk Stans
Brittany Murphy
Ruby Pearli
Lesley Ann Warren
Dawn Sloane
Will Patton
W. 'Red' Rafferty
Stephen Lang
Jacob Slotnick
Mark Acheson
Vince Deflore
Vincent Gale
Sid Deflore
Jason Schombing
Ramon
Robert Moloney
Alvin
Troy Yorke
Cleavon Arris
David Kopp
Bell Boy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rudolph and writer John Binder developed Watson's malapropisms organically on set, rewriting daily.
A notorious box office bomb that killed Alan Rudolph's studio career; critics split between 'charming mess' and 'incoherent disaster.'
US
