Hi-Life
- IMDb link: 0132213
- IMDb rating: 5.6 (747 votes) Search
- Genres: Comedy, Romance
- Director: Campbell Scott, Daryl Hannah, Roger Hedden, Eric Stoltz
- Cast: Moira Kelly, Michelle Durning and others
- Release date: 27 Nov 1998
- Release year: 1998
- Runtime: 82 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: reference to abortion, debt collecting, drinking alcohol, scene before opening credits, brother sister relationship, bar and grill, bartender, sports betting, bookie, lie
Plot
Storyline
Jimmy needs $900 to clear a gambling debt but a series of lies leads to Ray trying to raise the cash from friends who owe him money.
At Christmas-time, a generally disliked out-of-work actor finds himself in debt for $900 to a local bookie, who threatens to start breaking bones if he doesn't pay. Knowing he won't get much sympathy, he tells his girlfriend that he needs money for an emergency abortion for his sister. Soon a bartender and a friendly bar customer starts hitting everyone up for the cash. Meanwhile everyone is roaming amongst Christmas parties and spreading the word. In the end, everyone meets back at the bar and only then does the actor's ploy stand revealed.
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