Stand-Ins

USA
1997, 35mm, Color, 88 min.
World Premiere

Director: Harvey Keith
Producer: Jon Rothschild
Executive Producer: Roy Silver
Cinematographer: Andrzej Sekula
Editor: Richard Trevor
Screenwriters: Ed Kelleher, Harvey Keith
Principal Cast: Dapdne Zuniga, Costas Mandylor, Missy Crider, Charlotte Chatton, Sammi Davis, Katherine Heigl, Jordan Ladd

Hollywood, 1937. The Golden Age of Cinema. Six women, who came to town with the dream of becoming famous, find themselves working as stand-ins to the glamorous stars of the era. They gather at their local watering hole for a birthday celebration where they share their hopes and dreams with the bartender Jack (Costas Mandylor), the ringmaster of the "stand-in" circus. During the course of one long, drinkfilled evening, a new stand-in is introduced to the group, instigating a turn of events which will change their lives forever. The players include Shirley (Daphne Zuniga), Greta Garbo's drug-addicted stand-in; Monica (Jordan Ladd), a Bette Davis' look-a-like; Peggy (Charlotte Chatton), Mae West's ironically religious stand-in; Rhonda (Missy Crider), Marlene Dietrich's bisexual stand-in; Taffy (Katherine Heigl), Rita Hayworth's new stand-in, fresh from the plains of Wyoming; and the birthday girl, Martha Anne (Sammi Davis), Jean Harlow's manic-depressive stand-in.