Trapped in a Purple Haze
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Trapped in a Purple Haze | |
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Directed by | Eric Laneuville |
Produced by | Richard M. Rothstein Christine A. Sacani |
Written by | Mimi Schmir |
Starring | Jonathan Jackson Carly Pope JoBeth Williams Robin Dunne |
Music by | Lauren Scheff Brian Tyler |
Cinematography | Nikos Evdemon |
Editing by | Sabrina Plisco |
Distributed by | ABC |
Release date(s) | April 17, 2000 |
Running time | 120 min. |
Country | |
Language | English |
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Trapped in a Purple Haze is a TV movie which originally aired on ABC in 2000.
[edit] Plot
Max Hanson (Jonathan Jackson), is a talented artist who enjoys playing hockey. He dates Molly (Carly Pope) who ends up introducing him to a lifestyle of parties and drugs. As Max sinks deeper into despair, his caring but overbearing mother (JoBeth Williams) faces the difficulty of watching him transform.
The film also featured Hayden Christensen, who eventually beat Jackson for a role in the Star Wars prequel trilogy.