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US - 1998 Slinging Star Pictures Directed by Matthew Leutwyler Written by Matthew Leutwyler and Peter Rudy With Jeremy Sisto, Poppy Montgomery, Clara Bellar, Alex Kingston, Erik Palladino and Garry Marshall Genre: Satire/Comedy Setting: Contemporary San Francisco Role: Zoe Goddard, a museum worker
STORY: Filmmaker Alex Harty (Jeremy Sisto), has always considered himself a "tortured artist"-but it's not until his wife dies in a car accident that he learns the term's true meaning. Still saddled with grief two years after her death, Alex's once-promising career has come to a standstill. After assaulting a smarmy studio exec (Garry Marshall) with a Mont Blanc pen in Los Angeles, Alex returns to his hometown of San Francisco with little more than his beloved Mercury Comet, and a tape recording of his wife's last phone message. Once in the Bay Area, Alex re-acquaints himself with a wide array of characters, including a photographer who's stalking her ex-boyfriend (Poppy Montgomery), a San Francisco socialite who fancies herself as a patron of the arts (Alex Kingston), and the now grown-up French girl (Clara Bellar) who spent her childhood summers as his neighbor. Several misadventures culminate in Alex reaching a clearer understanding of his grief, one that allows him to break through his "torture" and return to his art. 2000 Santa Monica Film Festival - Best Comedy PRESS:
"There's no shortage of gorgeous, eccentric women to greet his return. First, and finest, is French art-lover Zoe (stunning Clara Bellar) whose mailbox he runs over in Marin County."
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