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Release Date: 1999

Cast: Larry Klein, Jeffrey McDonald, Nigel John Taylor, Michael Des Barres, Martin Kemp, John Doe, Jade Gordon, Ally Sheedy, Rosanna Arquette, Elena Nommenson, Amelia Nommenson, Lumi Cavazos ...MORE

Cast: Larry Klein, Jeffrey McDonald, Nigel John Taylor, Michael Des Barres, Martin Kemp, John Doe, Jade Gordon, Ally Sheedy, Rosanna Arquette, Elena Nommenson, Amelia Nommenson, Lumi Cavazos, Lucinda Jenney, Nicholas Walker, Richmond Arquette, Veronica Nommenson ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Indie, Ensemble Film

Sugar Town is a 1999 independent film written and directed by Allison Anders and Kurt Voss, concerning a tangled web of characters coping with ambition, fame, and the aftermath of fame. The film was named after the 1966 hit single "Sugar Town" by Nancy Sinatra. Anders was eager to make another film about the music industry after her earlier films Border Radio and Grace of My Heart. After her friend John Taylor had left Duran Duran and was beginning to launch an acting career, she and Voss wrote the film fairly quickly, and cast several musical friends of hers in the convoluted plot. The... MORE

Sugar Town is a 1999 independent film written and directed by Allison Anders and Kurt Voss, concerning a tangled web of characters coping with ambition, fame, and the aftermath of fame. The film was named after the 1966 hit single "Sugar Town" by Nancy Sinatra. Anders was eager to make another film about the music industry after her earlier films Border Radio and Grace of My Heart. After her friend John Taylor had left Duran Duran and was beginning to launch an acting career, she and Voss wrote the film fairly quickly, and cast several musical friends of hers in the convoluted plot. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 1999, where it received a distribution deal with October Films and USA Films. Sugar Town was then shown in limited release in the United States in September of that year, before appearing at several overseas film festivals. Real rock stars play the roles of Clive (Duran Duran bassist John Taylor), Jonesey (former Spandau Ballet bassist Martin Kemp), and Nick (singer/actor Michael Des Barres), who form an aging supergroup built of refugees from other bands. They and their producer Burt seek backing from Jane (Beverly D'Angelo), a rich LESS