Mission

Apr 29, 2001

1h 27m

★ 0.0

Overview

Marvin, a young aspiring writer from New York, moves to California to write a novel. He ends up rooming with a chaotic, bohemian musician named Jay. Marvin finds himself inexorably drawn into the vibrant youth culture of San Francisco's Mission District as both Jay and himself watch their worlds disintegrate. They discover that each has a lot to learn from the other. Mission is a coming-of-age story casting a spotlight on a place and time, moments before artistic aspiring types yielded the Mission to the dotcom entrepreneurs.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Mission Trailers

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Cast

Marvin Raab

Chris Coburn

Jay

Joshua Leonard

Sandy

Bellamy Young

Ima

Sandrine Holt

Vissarion Belinsky (voice)

Adam Arkin

Victor

Evan Arnold

Nathan Raab

Shane Kramer

Dr. LeCompte (voice)

Rick LeCompte

500 Club Bartender

Jerry Hicks

Candy

Janine Pibal

Review Receptionist

Lydia Perez

Jenny

Mari Colabelli

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