Dir.: Richard Kwietniowski; Script: Richard Kwietniowski D'après le roman de/Based on the novel by: Gilbert Adair; Phot.: Oliver Curtis; Ed.: Susan Shipton; Mus.: The Insects; Cast: John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock, Elizabeth Quinn, Maury Chaykin; Prod.: Sklyne Films, P.O. Box 8210, Londres W4 1WH (Grande-Bretagne), tél.: (181) 741 45 00, fax: (181) 748 18 92; Sales: The Sales Company, 52 Shaftesbury Avenue, Londres W1V 7DE (Grande-Bretagne), tél.: (171) 434 90 61, fax: (171) 494 32 93 ;Dist.: Alliance.

Chance finds Giles De'Ath, a renowned London literary figure with a pronounced disdain for all things modern, in the local moviehouse, but instead of the expected E.M. Forster adaptation he finds himself watching HOTPANTS COLLEGE II. He is about to walk out in disgust when the American star of the flick shows up on screen and Cupid strikes. Giles is instantly infatuated. Obsessed. He begins researching the film and the film's star, a young Hollywood hunk by the name of Ronnie Bostock. Giles begins assembling a scrapbook of articles on Ronnie and is eventually drawn by his obsession to the town on Long Island where Ronnie lives. Giles flatters Ronnie with a critical analysis of his work and Ronnie begins having dreams of a serious career. The clash of cultures and ambitions is inevitable. "John Hurt gives a wonderful performance as an aging British writer who develops a crush on an American teen idol." -- Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun-Times) "The climax of this dark, delightful comedy... plays perfectly to Hurt's ingratiating homoerotic passion and (Jason) Priestley's ability to hint at a world of dim thought with a beautifully blank stare." -- Mary Corliss (Film Comment)