Johns

Dec 10, 1996

1h 36m

★ 5.4

This ain't no 90210

Overview

It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A., and he wants to spend that night and the next day at the posh Park Plaza Hotel. Meanwhile, Donner, a lad new to the streets, wants John to leave the city with him. John spends the day trying to figure out how to deal with Donner's friendship.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

First Look Pictures

Johns Trailers

Cast

John

David Arquette

Donner

Lukas Haas

Danny Cohen

John C. McGinley

Homeless John

Keith David

Mikey

Wilson Cruz

Santa Claus

Tony Epper

Richard T. Jones

Nikki

Alanna Ubach

Junkie

N'Bushe Wright

Elliott Gould

Jimmy the Warlock

Terrence Howard

John Cardoza

Arliss Howard

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