Sink Or Swim

Sep 19, 1997

1h 33m

★ 4.8

6 friends, 1 job… you do the math.

Overview

Brian is a television writer-producer who has to script a 22-episode anthology, but lacks inspiration. He witnesses a strange romantic encounter between two figures on the balcony of hotel near his flat and decides to write scripts with his writer friends based on what he saw.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Rigorous Productions

Sink Or Swim Trailers

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Cast

Brian

Stephen Rea

Georgia

Illeana Douglas

Hank

John Ritter

Neal

Dave Foley

Benny

Richard Kind

Ira Gold

Dusty Kay

Goatee

Robert Patrick

Danny

Tom Arnold

The Dude

Jason Priestley

The Hat

Ricky Jay

Waiter

Kirk Baily

Waitress

Olivia D'Abo

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