the Cameron Crowe movie
Tagline:
Love is a game. Easy to start. Hard to finish.
Plot overview:
Set amidst the burgeoning Seattle alternative music scene of the early '90s, Singles follows a group of twentysomethings as they try to find love and try to come to terms with their passage into adulthood. Arranged as an episodic comedy, the film follows a group of friends who live in the same apartment building and hang out at the same coffee shop. The central couple is Steve Dunne (Campbell Scott) and Linda Powell (Kyra Sedgwick), a pair who meet at an Alice In Chains concert and eventually fall in love. Singles follows the tumultuous relationship between Steve and Linda and their friendship with Janet Livermore (Bridget Fonda), who is trying to win the affection of grunge-rocker Cliff Poncier (Matt Dillon). The film also has a number of cameos, including actors Eric Stoltz, Tom Skerritt, Peter Horton, director Tim Burton and the film's author/director, Cameron Crowe. From the musical side of the fence, Singles features appearances by Sub Pop executive Bruce Pavitt, musicians Chris Cornell (Soundgarden), Pat DiNizio (Smithereens), Tad (Tad), and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Jeff Ament, and Stone Gossard, who play Dillon's backing band, Citizen Dick. [source: Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide]
Directed by
Cameron Crowe
Cast:
Bridget Fonda | .... | Janet Livermore | |
Campbell Scott | .... | Steve Dunne | |
Kyra Sedgwick | .... | Linda Powell | |
Sheila Kelley | .... | Debbie Hunt | |
Jim True-Frost | .... | David Bailey (as Jim True) | |
Matt Dillon | .... | Cliff Poncier | |
Bill Pullman | .... | Dr. Jeffrey Jamison | |
James LeGros | .... | Andy | |
Devon Raymond | .... | Ruth | |
Camilo Gallardo | .... | Luiz | |
Ally Walker | .... | Pam | |
Eric Stoltz | .... | The Mime | |
Jeremy Piven | .... | Doug Hughley | |
Tom Skerritt | .... | Mayor Weber | |
Peter Horton | .... | Jamie | |
Bill Smillie | .... | Boston Doctor | |
Chuck McQuary | .... | Garage Opener Clerk | |
Christopher Masterson | .... | Steve at 10 (as Christopher Kennedy Masterson) | |
Matt Magnano | .... | Kid #1 | |
Jaffar Smith | .... | Kid #2 | |
Dana Eskelson | .... | Club Girl | |
Mykol Hazen | .... | Club Bouncer | |
Art Cahn | .... | Magazine Stand Clerk | |
Michael Su | .... | Ted | |
Jane Jones | .... | Denise | |
Johnny 'Sugarbear' Willis | .... | Rick | |
Randy Thompson | .... | Stu | |
Paul Giamatti | .... | Kissing Man | |
Alicia Roper | .... | Kissing Woman | |
Xavier McDaniel | .... | Himself | |
Wayne Cody | .... | Himself | |
Eddie Vedder | .... | Himself - Citizen Dick | |
Stone Gossard | .... | Himself - Citizen Dick | |
Jeff Ament | .... | Himself - Citizen Dick | |
Cameron Crowe | .... | Club Interviewer | |
Pat DiNizio | .... | Sid | |
Chris Cornell | .... | Chris | |
Thomas A. Doyle | .... | Wrong Phone Number | |
Alice Marie Crowe | .... | Dr. Jamison's Nurse | |
Joan Giammarco | .... | Receptionist | |
Jim Hechim | .... | Rich | |
Heather Hughes | .... | Lauren | |
Tim Burton | .... | Brian | |
'Crazy Steve' Olsen | .... | Rob | |
Bernard Bentley | .... | Spiro | |
Stephen Rutledge | .... | Charles | |
Daniel Johnson | .... | Sean | |
Bruce Pavitt | .... | Bruce | |
Michael Gardner | .... | Mike | |
Sandra P. Grant | .... | Waitress (as Sandra Grant) | |
Karen Denice La Voie | .... | Hostess | |
Tom Francis | .... | Deputy Mayor | |
Jerry Ziesmer | .... | Councilman Jordan Fisher | |
Nina Escudero | .... | Airline Clerk | |
Dan Wartman | .... | Single Kid on Plane | |
Amy Hill | .... | Hospital Nurse | |
Mike Parker | .... | Mover | |
Lara Harris | .... | Poetess | |
Bradley Kok | .... | Chas | |
Debi Mazar | .... | Brenda | |
rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Karen LaVoie | |||
Jennifer Bassey | .... | (uncredited) | |
Matt Cameron | .... | Himself - Soundgarden (uncredited) | |
Jerry Cantrell | .... | Himself - Alice In Chains (uncredited) | |
Michelle Crane | .... | Alice in Chains - Girl in Crowd (uncredited) | |
Victor Garber | .... | Kid's Dad (uncredited) | |
Sean Kinney | .... | Himself - Alice In Chains (uncredited) | |
Scott Allen Logan | .... | Man in Bar (uncredited) | |
Racheal Seymour | .... | Cafe Patron (uncredited) | |
Ben Shepherd | .... | Himself - Soundgarden (uncredited) | |
Layne Staley | .... | Himself - Alice In Chains (uncredited) | |
Michael Starr | .... | Himself - Alice In Chains (uncredited) | |
Kim Thayil | .... | Himself - Soundgarden Guitarist (uncredited) |