Permanent Midnight  /  DVD-Video
Widescreen 1.66:1 Color  /  Production Year: 1998

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Select Product View: General Info 1 Empire Review 3 Customer Comments Suggestions 1 Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 3.81 out of 5, including 4 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis Based on the acclaimed autobiography of the same name. This emotionally riveting story about a hot television writer who learns first hand about the dark side of success in Hollywood. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Ben Stiller  • Janeane Garofalo  • Elizabeth Hurley  • Peter Greene  • Maria Bello  • Cheryl Ladd  • Owen Wilson Writers:  • David Veloz Producers:  • Jane Hamsher  • Don Murphy Directors:  • David Veloz Product Information Features: Interactive Menus Director's Commentary Deleted Scenes Trailer Scene Access Production Notes Cast and Crew Information Video: Widescreen 1.66:1 Color Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 Studio: Lionsgate Production Year: 1998 Release Date: 2/23/1998 Length: 88 mins Rating: R Chapters: 36 Includes: Audio Commentary Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: 60489 UPC Code: 012236048909 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Substance Abuse, Comedy, Dark Comedy, Drama, Drugs & Dealers Bargains: Under $11 Studios: Lionsgate Customers who bought this Title also bought Requiem For A Dream: Unrated  DVD-Video Sexy Beast  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 3.81 out of 5, including 4 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Empire Review Bring on the midnight! - 4 out of 5  (2/5/2001) I usually stop most conversations about great comedians when I bring up the fact that my favorite performance of Ben Stiller in "Permanent Midnight." I usually get hit with the fact that it's not a comedy but if you think about it, it is. I mean: the movie is the true story about the guy who wrote "Alf." If you ever watched the show you have to admit there were drugs involved somehow! Stiller plays Jerry Stahl, a Hollywood writer who hit the fast track writing a hit television show an   more >> Customer Review Stiller Is A Great Drug Addict. - 3.25 out of 5  (8/8/2001) this is a great movie. especially if you like drug type flicks and are a ben stiller fan. stiller is a actor, this role proves that. not sure why they put elizabeth hurley in this movie, she and stiller have very poor on screen chemistry. overall a great movie. i have watched it twice already. really suprised me and my friends.   more >> Customer Review Not bad - 3.75 out of 5  (7/24/1999) Not a bad movie, yet not a very good one. If you're really confused about what to get then this might not be a very bad chioce, yet its not a catch.   more >> Customer Review Stiller proves he is more than just a goofball - 4.25 out of 5  (3/23/1999) "Permanent Midnight" is not the first movie about drug addiction, and it will not be the last, but it is a fantastic showing of how drugs do not discriminate, that they ruin the lives of not only inner-city people with little to live for, but also rich, well off people, like TV writer Jerry Stahl, (Stiller) who makes five grand a week doing what he loves but spends six grand a week on coke and heroin. This is a fabulous performance from Stiller, and a brilliant career move. Not man   more >>