Party Monster (2003 film)
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| Party Monster | |
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| Image:Party Monster.jpg Party Monster film poster | |
| Starring | Seth Green Macaulay Culkin Diana Scarwid Chloë Sevigny Marilyn Manson Dylan McDermott Mia Kirshner Wilmer Valderrama Elliot Kriss Natasha Lyonne Wilson Cruz Manny Perez |
| Release date(s) | 2003 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Party Monster (2003) is a drama/dark comedy that details the rise and fall of infamous New York party promoter Michael Alig. The movie stars former child star Macaulay Culkin as the drug addled "King of the Club Kids". Also in the film are Seth Green as the flamboyant and slightly smarter James St. James, Dylan McDermott as Alig's boss/father figure Peter Gatien, Chloë Sevigny as Alig's girlfriend/fag hag Gitsie, Wilmer Valderrama as his onetime boyfriend DJ Keoki, Wilson Cruz as drug dealer/Club Kid wannabe Angel Melendez, and Marilyn Manson as Christina, a transsexual member of Alig's entourage. A number of real life club kids appeared as extras, including fashion designer Richie Rich and David LaChapelle's transsexual muse Amanda Lepore.
The film is based on St. James' novel Disco Bloodbath, and details his friendship with Alig, which fell apart as Alig's drug addiction worsened, and ended after he murdered Melendez and went to prison. A 1998 documentary on the murder, also called Party Monster, was used for certain elements of the film.
Party Monster made its world premiere at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. Though the film never became a mainstream hit, it has become a cult classic, and many club parties with the "Party Monster" theme were started in several major cities.
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[edit] Plot summary
Party Monster begins with Alig as a smalltown outcast who learns the New York party scene from St. James and Gatien, and soon becomes the hottest party promoter in New York. However, after Alig descends into the world of drug abuse, his life starts to spiral out of control, eventually peaking with his involvement in the murder of drug dealer/clubkid wannabe Melendez.
[edit] Trivia
The exterior views of Michael Alig's apartment building were actual shots of where the real Michael Alig formerly lived.
[edit] Goofs
In the "party in the fast food restaurant" scene, someone is holding a bottle of Bacardi O, which was not invented until the late 1990's
[edit] External links
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