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Maps to the Stars
Maps to the Stars is a 2014 satirical black comedy film directed by David Cronenberg, and starring Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson, Olivia Williams, Sarah Gadon, and Evan Bird. The screenplay was written by Bruce Wagner, who had written a novel entitled Dead Stars based on the Maps to the Stars script, after initial plans for making the film with Cronenberg fell through.
Plot
Agatha Weiss arrives in Los Angeles from Florida and hires limousine driver Jerome to take her to the site of the former house of her brother Benjie. Agatha has severe burns to her face and body, requiring her to take a copious amount of medication, and is estranged from her parents, Stafford and Cristina Weiss. Benjie, a child star and recovering drug addict, visits a girl suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma in the hospital. The girl later dies, and Benjie is confronted by her ghost.
More details
| author | Bruce Wagner |
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| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | David Cronenberg |
| editor | Ronald Sanders |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | catatonic state child star create drug addict drug rehabilitation estrange film florida gamma-hydroxybutyric acid ghb haunt hollywood star hotel room kill liberty limousine driver menstrual blood non-hodgkin lymphoma paul éluard personal assistant sexual abuse shoot sibling suffer twitter wedding ring |
| musicBy | Howard Shore |
| producer | Martin Katz Michel Merkt Saïd Ben Saïd |
| publisher | Entertainment One Films Focus World Le Pacte |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles Montreal Toronto |
| theme | black comedy independent satirical |