In the Soup

In the Soup
Directed by	Alexandre Rockwell
Produced by	Jim Stark Hank Blumenthal Chosei Funahara
Written by	Tim Kissell Sollace Mitchell Alexandre Rockwell
Starring	Seymour Cassel Steve Buscemi Jennifer Beals Will Patton Stanley Tucci Pat Moya Jim Jarmusch Carol Kane
Distributed by	Fantoma (US DVD)
Release date	January 1992 (1992-01) (Sundance) October 23, 1992 (1992-10-23) (New York City)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$256,249

In the Soup is a 1992 independent comedy directed by Alexandre Rockwell. It stars Steve Buscemi as a self-conscious screenwriter who has written an unfilmable 500-page screenplay and is looking for a producer.

Tortured by self-doubt, financial ruin, and unrequited passion for his next door neighbor (Jennifer Beals), Aldolfo places an ad offering his mammoth screenplay to the highest bidder. In steps Aldolfo's "guardian angel", Joe (Seymour Cassel) a fast-talking shyster who promises to produce the film but has his own unique ideas regarding film financing.

The film and its history are discussed in depth in John Pierson's account of the independent American film 'scene' of the late 1980s/early 1990s, Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema.

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