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Clean And Sober
1988 - R - 2:04
Warner Home Video
Drama
Directed by Glenn Gordon Caron
Starring:
Michael Keaton
Kathy Baker
Morgan Freeman
M. Emmet Walsh
Tate Donovan
No doubt about it, Michael Keaton is a funny guy. His starring roles in Night Shift, Mr. Mom and Beetlejuice prove it. So what happens when Keaton tackles his first dramatic role? No doubt about it, he turns in his best performance yet. Keaton stars in Clean And Sober as hotshot real-estate broker Daryl Poynter. Daryl has a substance-abuse problem, but he'll deny it. That "nonproblem" is nevertheless taking its toll. The $92,000 Daryl "borrowed" from his company for investments is now pocket change. The woman he brought home for an all-night party might never wake up. And cops are asking questions. Daryl wants to lay low for a while. So he comes up with the perfect scam - a 21-day detox program that promises total discretion as well as complete privacy. Still, there's one thing he can't hide from: himself. Daryl's an addict. And he's in for the toughest battle of his life. Clean And Sober also marks the feature-film directorial debut of Moonlighting creator Glenn Gordon Caron. Drawn to the project "because it would allow me to use a different set of muscles," Caron flexes those muscles powerfully in this bold, unflinching story whose cast include's Street Smart's Kathy Baker and Morgan Freeman, and veteran character actor M. Emmet Walsh. Watch what happens when an addict whose favorite people once were "I" and "me" comes clean. A wiser, kinder Daryl Poynter is going to make it. Today...and one day at a time.
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