Comfortably Numb (film)

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Comfortably Numb
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Directed by Gavin O'Connor
Written byKirby Hayde
Gavin O'Connor
Produced byGavin O'Connor
Greg O'Connor
Starring Dana Ashbrook
Angela Shelton
Harry Lennix
Tovah Feldshuh
Cinematography Alik Sakharov
Edited by Hughes Winborne
Music byMader
Production
company
Shooting Gallery
Distributed byMeistrich Corporation
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Comfortably Numb is a 1995 American independent drama film co-written and directed by Gavin O'Connor.

Contents

Plot

William pursues his aspiration of being a prosecutor and also finds happiness with his new love Meadow, but their partying lifestyle develops into a heroin addiction that destroys their lives.

Cast

Reception

Variety wrote, "'Comfortably Numb' is a smartly mounted pic with no star power and a story-line about the moral dilemmas facing a Connecticut preppie-turned-NYC prosecutor. Unfortunately, it takes a fatal turn halfway through by becoming a lurid antidrug tract and never recovers. Pic showcases talents of cast and crew, but B.O. prospects are nil." [1]

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References

  1. "Comfortably Numb". 25 September 1995.