Past Run
Swimming with Sharks
Originally screened at the Telluride Film Festival as The Buddy Factor, Swimming With Sharks is an engrossing picture and a warning to anyone with hopes of breaking into the movie business. When Guy (Frank Whaley), a recent film-school graduate with big ideas, takes a job as assistant to major studio executive Buddy Ackerman (Kevin Spacey), he believes his ship has finally come in; little does he know it's a slave ship. Spacey is unforgettably entertaining as Buddy, who turns out to be a thief, liar and sadist.
“[Spacey is] dazzling…cool, withering, studiously suave, and spurred by impulses that might seem peevish even in a 2-year-old child.”
— Janet Maslin, New York Times
FROM THE VAULT
Where it played at Laemmle — 1 engagement
- PasadenaPlayhouse 7Thu, Jun 4 – Thu, Jun 4, 2015 · 1 day
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