Shakespeare In... And Out

In the 1980s, a filmmaker begins a project to record the life of an average kid. In Perry, Ohio, he picks Rich Longfellow, a shy lad, and begins filming. Soon after, he dies in Mozambique. Sixteen years later, his son continues the project, finding Rich, now 23, in L.A., with dreams of being a Shakespearean actor, getting experience in porn films. We meet Betsy, Rich's sensible girlfriend, Lee, the impatient producer, and Carmichael, a director with artistic pretensions who inspires Rich. Problems with Besty and tension on the set bring Rich to a crisis; when his boyhood friend starts a Shakespeare company that tours nursing homes in the San Fernando Valley, Rich sees a way out.

• Peter ShushtariDirector
• Peter ShushtariScreenplay

• Roger ShankRich Longfellow (as Roger William)
• Lawrence TrillingHarold Asailian Jr
• J.D. SmithLee Fernandez
• William NeenanCarmichael Astune
• Randall SlavinDuane Brickton