Harry, Billy and Dean are three hustlers at different stages in their careers. All must deal with the realities of their profession. One falls in love with a client, another enters deeper into denial, and another begins to learn the ropes.
Acting
Boyce's fragile Dean breaks your heart without asking permission.
Direction
Lewis shoots LA hustler life with documentary intimacy, zero glamour.
Director
Everett Lewis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1990s New Queer Cinema's gritty counterpoint to mainstream 'positive representation'—Lewis refused to sanitize sex work for straight audiences.
David Arquette's pre-Scream bit part as Buzz Head was reportedly improvised; Lewis kept it because the chaos felt authentic to the scene.
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