Trapped in a Purple Haze
| Trapped in a Purple Haze | |
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| Genre | Crime Drama Sport |
| Written by | Mimi Schmir |
| Directed by | Eric Laneuville |
| Starring |
Jonathan Jackson Carly Pope JoBeth Williams Robin Dunne |
| Music by | Lauren Scheff Brian Tyler |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Executive producer(s) | Thomas Carter |
| Producer(s) | Richard M. Rothstein Christine A. Sacani Jana Fain Gigi Coello-Bannon |
| Cinematography | Nikos Evdemon |
| Editor(s) | Sabrina Plisco |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
ABC Thomas Carter Company Pearson Television International |
| Distributor | ABC |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | April 17, 2000 |
Trapped in a Purple Haze is a TV movie about drug abuse which originally aired on ABC in 2000; its title is a reference to the Jimi Hendrix song Purple Haze. The film starred Jonathan Jackson, JoBeth Williams, and Carly Pope, with a supporting role by Hayden Christensen (who eventually beat Jackson for the part of Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequel trilogy).
Chicago college student Max Hanson (Jackson) is a talented artist and hockey player. Though more interested in the latter, he is under pressure from his mother, Sophie (Williams) to pursue a career in art, influenced by the fact that she put her own career aside to raise the family and has just landed a coveted position with a local art gallery. Max's father, Ed (Colm Feore), is a tax attorney with a more laid-back approach to his son's future, just wanting him to be happy.
While working at the local video store with best friends Orin (Christensen) and Kate (Amy Stewart), a cute girl comes in with her friends seeking a copy of Arachnophobia, and Max is immediately smitten. After locating her on campus the next day, she introduces herself as Molly White (Pope), who already knows Max's name from his hockey jersey. She then gives Max her phone number and invites him to a party she's attending that night. Before long, Max and Molly are becoming an item, the two even managing to make love in his bedroom with his mother and younger sister Chloe in the house. However, Max soon finds out that Molly is a drug addict, as he accompanies her on a trek to score some heroin, which she promptly snorts.
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