Plot
This is the true story of Michael Alig, a Club Kid party organizer whose life was sent spiraling down when he bragged on television about killing his drug dealer and roommate.
Release Year: 2003
Rating: 5.9/10 (8,329 voted)
Critic's Score: 36/100
Director:
Fenton Bailey
Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Wilson Cruz, Seth Green
Storyline Set in the New York club scene of the late 1980's thru the 1990's, a tale which chronicles the rise and fall of club-kid promoter
Writers: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Cast: Seth Green
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James St. James
Macaulay Culkin
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Michael Alig
Diana Scarwid
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Elke
Chloë Sevigny
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Gitsie
Marilyn Manson
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Christina
Dylan McDermott
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Peter Gatien
Mia Kirshner
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Natasha
Wilmer Valderrama
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Keoki
Daniel Franzese
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The Rat
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Dallas MC
Natasha Lyonne
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Brooke
Elliot Kriss
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Cabbie
Wilson Cruz
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Angel
Janis Dardaris
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TV Reporter
Dillon Woolley
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Young James
Manny Perez
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Johnny
Filming Locations: Chateau Marmont, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $5,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $161,190
(USA)
(7 September 2003)
(7 Screens)
Gross: $728,253
(USA)
(28 December 2003)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia: Macaulay Culkin's first film in 9 years.
Goofs:
Anachronisms:
In the "party at the burger joint" scene, one club kid is seen dancing around with a bottle of Bacardi O in his hand. Bacardi O was not around in the 80s.
Quotes: James:
Testing one, two. Testing. Testosterone, testicular cancer, Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
User Review
Want to take a strange trip?
Rating: 10/10
The old saying is "truth is stranger than fiction," and you know what,
it's true. In "Party Monster" we are taken on a very trippy and true
little journey that allows us to see first-hand, the crazy club life of
New York City in the 1980s. In particular, we get an up-close and
personal biography of the "club kids." The "club kids" were a group of
young party monsters that were actually paid by club owners to show up
at their clubs. Mind you, these kids did not do any kind of performing
at all, they simply showed up. However, when you see their outrageous
costumes and attire, you see why people had their eye out for them.
These kids were bizarre and odd and stoned and well, weird. Livng lives
that were so out of balance, tragedy was inevitable. Green and Culkin
portray the two most prominent members of this group and they are both
good. However, it is Culkin that really steals the movie, breaking away
from his stereotypical characters of the past and playing somebody that
very few actors would be brave enough to take on. The reason I gave
this movie 10 stars, is the look and sound. This movie is like watching
an acid flashback from the 1980s. I mean, you are there, in the room
with them as they strut in and snort up. The music is 1980s, the
attitude is 1980s, it is hard to describe. Much of the film is
dream-like. Moreover, Culkin is mesmerizing as a character too odd for
words. No, the story and acting are not Oscar-worthy, but the look of
the film, the feel of the film, wow! I predict that this film will
become more popular as the years go by. It has the qualities of all
those great midnight movies of the 1980s. I really recommend it for
people craving something different and historical (in a weird sense).
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