
New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.
Cast

James Franco
Sonny

Brenda Blethyn
Jewel

Harry Dean Stanton
Henry

Mena Suvari
Carol

Nicolas Cage
Acid Yellow

Scott Caan
Jesse

Seymour Cassel
Albert

Brenda Vaccaro
Meg

Josie Davis
Gretchen
Willie Metcalf
Cal
Janet Shea
Wealthy Woman
Cary Wilmot Alden
Catherine

Graham Timbes
Troy
Wallace Merck
Scott
Doug Barden
Maitre d'

Bernard Hocke
Clerk

David Jensen
Mr. Penn

Karen Kaia Livers
Mattie

Don Yesso
Waiter
Thomas Williams
Waiter

Katherine Randolph
Dagmar

Norman Golightly
Man at Party with Tie
Crew

Nicolas Cage
Director, Producer
John Carlen
Writer
Howard E. Smith
Editor
Barry Markowitz
Director of Photography
Mark Anthony Little
First Assistant Director
James Roque Jr.
Second Assistant Director
Norm Waitt
Executive Producer

Glenn S. Gainor
Co-Executive Producer

Norman Golightly
Producer

Paul Brooks
Producer
Debra L. Gainor
Associate Producer
Monroe Kelly
Production Design

Jeffery Passero
Casting
Elizabeth Hayden
Casting
Yvette S. O'Neill
Extras Casting
Linda Gardar
Costume Supervisor
Shawn-Holly Cookson
Costume Design
Jay Nierenberg
Supervising Sound Editor
Lance Brown
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joe Barnett
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jeffrey Haupt
Sound Mixer
Shelley Roden
Foley Artist

Clint Mansell
Original Music Composer

Randy Gerston
Music Supervisor
Jed M. Dodge
Dialogue Editor
Leonard R. Spears
Set Decoration
Patti Perret
Still Photographer
Scott Peterson
Script Supervisor
Michael S. Martin
Property Master



















