Just bought and watched Cocaine: One Man's Seduction. It is a quite good tv movie about a father (great Dennis Weaver) who becomes a cocaine addict. Karen Grassle plays his wife and young James Spader his son. Co-starring Pamela Bellwood (Dynasty´s Claudia) and David Ackroyd. Anyone else seen this?
[ 29. February 2012, 12:03: Message edited by: aTomiK ]
Posted by jdocster McFly you Irish bug (Member # 5752) on :
hahahaha. This looks funny! It looks like on of those over-acted 80s drug addiction movies.
Let us know how it turns out...
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
Was this a made-for-tv movie? It sounds like one, you know the type. Back in the 80's it seemed like every week or month there was a new movie out to "scare the kids" with, like anorexia, drug addicts, runaways, etc.
Posted by Faith No Motley (Member # 3598) on :
I always liked Dennis Weaver but those movies were over acted. I used to have to watch these types with my parents. What didn't they do a movie on to scare the kids back then? And lots of time it was big name actors like that was gonna scare the kids more into not trying the particular sin of the week.......
Posted by TNUC (Member # 3594) on :
this looks excellent!
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Hey, it´s not that bad at all. It´s fun to watch when Dennis takes the stuff and thinks that he´s got it all groovin´.
This was Spader´s 3rd flick and he´s already like a pro. But he was 23 yrs in 1983 so he started acting kinda late, i think.
It is a tv movie, so of course Weaver does get his punishment and all is well in the end.
Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
LOL... remember this movie from when I was a kid! Remember seeing it on TV, and thinking wow, drugs are horrible! I actually got kinda scared when they took him to the hospital with respiratory problems or whatever it was!
Fastforward 15 years, im in the Hells Angels social club, doing mondo lines with bikers, killers, gangsters and pornstar wannabees! Guess that movie wasn't the deterrent it was meant to be!
Funny how life turns out sometimes! Glad all that is behind me!
[ 09. January 2012, 00:47: Message edited by: P_a_u_l ]
Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
It seems that there was no drugs in Finland in the early 80´s ´cause they never aired this one here.
We were too up north and only drinkin´ vodka with the swedes and russians Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
I thought you guys were sitting in saunas, drinking industrial alcohol Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
That might be closer to the truth Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Here´s the UK VHS cover art. Dennis Weaver´s finest hour and a half.
Posted by P_a_u_l (Member # 1022) on :
quote:Originally posted by aTomiK: Here´s the UK VHS cover art. Dennis Weaver´s finest hour and a half.
Aside from Duel, of course..... Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Now there´s a movie i haven´t seen in ages. I think i´m gonna get the dvd asap Posted by Logan 5 (Member # 1467) on :
Look at that cover! What are they trying to do?! It's almost enough to put people off taking cocaine! *Sniff*... good job I had my day's worth already... Posted by aTomiK (Member # 6575) on :
Haha, too funny Logan But yeah, it´s a horror movie cover art.
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