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Summary

The movie follows Joe, a heroin addict, throughout his quest to score more drugs. The episodic plot occurs over a single day and centers on Joe's problematic relationship with his on-off, sexually frustrated girlfriend. During the course of the day, Joe overdoses in front of an upper-class couple, attempts to fool Welfare into approving his methadone treatment by having Holly fake a pregnancy, and frustrates the women in his life with his drug-induced impotence.

Details

Release Date: October 5, 1970

Runtime: 110 minutes

Genres: Drama

Rating: 5.9/10 (37 votes)


The Warhol Trilogy

  • Trash

    Trash

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  • Flesh

    Flesh

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  • Heat

    Heat

    Former child star Joe Davis, reduced to living in a cheap Hollywood motel while struggling for acting jobs, is lusted after by nearly every woman he meets, including Jessica Todd, a tightly wound feminist who has recently come out as a lesbian. When Jessica's mother, Sally, an emotionally needy has-been actress, meets Joe, she moves him into her enormous, tacky mansion as her new boy toy and attempts to get him acting work.


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Cast

  • Joe Dallesandro

    Joe Dallesandro

    Joe Smith

  • Holly Woodlawn

    Holly Woodlawn

    Holly Sandiago

  • Geri Miller

    Geri Miller

    Geri, the go-go dancer

  • Andrea Feldman

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    Rich Girl