A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle. The daughter of his landlord, excited to have a real "movie person" living nearby, tries to help by putting him in touch with a man who wants to collaborate on a script--the strange "Dr. Jolly"
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin brother Donald.
Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer.
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago.
Alternative movies trailers for Crime Wave
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Crime Wave - Trailer
A paroled convict is determined to go straight but his plans for a new life go awry when three escapees from San Quentin force him to take part in a heist.
Crime Wave
Trailer for Crime Wave part of the REEL CANADA catalogue of Canadian films.
CRIME WAVE - Trailer | BIFFF 2019
Official Selection of the 37th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF).
Crime Wave - Trailer
A paroled convict is determined to go straight but his plans for a new life go awry when three escapees from San Quentin force him to take part in a heist.
Crime Wave (1985) - Skip and Dawn
A scene from the 1985 film Crime Wave featuring the colour crime characters of Skip and Don. They dream. Written ~ Produced ~ Directed by John Paizs.
Crime Wave (1985) - Opening (Ronnie Boyles)
The opening to the little seen Canadian cult film "Crime Wave" featuring the colour crime character of Ronnie Boyles. He dream. Written ~ Produced ...
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