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'Permanent Midnight' is a 1998 movie directed by David Veloz starring Ben Stiller. The film is based on Jerry Stahl's autobiographical book of the same name, and tells the story of Stahl's rise from a small-time television writer to his success as a comedy writer making up to $5,000 a week writing for 1980s shows like thirtysomething, Moonlighting, and probably most infamously, ALF (changed in the movie to Mr. Chompers). Maria Bello stars as Kitty, a fellow detox survivor to whom Stahl relates his rise and fall. The movie also stars Owen Wilson as Stahl's friend and fellow addict, Nicky; Elizabeth Hurley as his wife, Sandra; and Janeane Garofalo as a Hollywood agent, Jana. The real Stahl makes a cameo appearance as a doctor at a methadone clinic.
Stiller's performance in the movie was critically lauded , but the film failed at the box office and never saw widespread release . It has been released on DVD in the USA and the UK. A soundtrack CD was also released with most of the music heard in the film.
Rated R (For Pervasive Graphic Drug Use, Strong Sexuality and Language).
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