The Informers (2008) on Netflix
In 1983 Los Angeles, Graham Sloan sells drugs and drifts between hotel rooms. Around him: his father's affair, a rock singer's arrival, and a doorman whose ex-con uncle arrives uninvited.
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Plot summary
Los Angeles, 1983. Graham Sloan, the son of a wealthy and estranged couple, drives a Porsche, stays in hotel rooms and sells drugs. His father William, a film producer, is having an affair with the television anchorwoman Cheryl Moore, and William's wife sleeps with Graham's friend Martin. Graham's girlfriend Christie is seeing other men, Martin among them, and Graham and Martin are also sleeping together. The singer Bryan Metro arrives in the city, where a producer wants him for a B-movie and his manager scolds him for sleeping with young groupies. Tim Price is pressured by his father Les into a trip to Hawaii. Jack, a hotel doorman who came to Los Angeles to act, is alarmed by a call from his uncle Peter, an ex-con who needs somewhere to stay.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Informers (2008)
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- Brandon Routh was originally cast as Bruce but is absent from the finished film after a decision to excise all the vampire scenes from the adaptation, while Ashley Olsen was originally cast as Christie, withdrew, and was replaced by Amber Heard.
- Writers Bret Easton Ellis and Nicholas Jarecki spent three years developing the script as an absurdist, lighthearted satire with Jarecki set to direct, but once producers replaced him with Gregor Jordan the tone shifted so far from their original vision that the cast and writers ended up embarrassed by the result.
- This was actor Brad Renfro's final film role; he died at age 25 on January 15, 2008, and the finished movie was dedicated to his memory.
