(2011, 107 min)
Country: U.S.
Director: Casper Andreas
Studio: Embrem Entertainment
SYNOPSIS: A probing, sexy, uncensored, scandalous, outrageously funny exposé about the lengths to which an actor will go to not only survive, but get ahead in Hollywood.
REVIEW:
Directed with startling intensity by Casper Andreas, Going Down in La-La Land is a searing portrait of one young man’s ambitions - and how far he will go to attain them.
Adam (Matthew Ludwinski) is a young, driven, handsome and starry-eyed transplanted New Yorker - who, like thousands before and after him, wants to become a star on the big screen. But when the bright lights and red carpets don’t materialize, he quickly discovers the seamier and steamier underbelly of the entertainment industry - populated by gay pornographers, male prostitutes, downtrodden directors, has-been starlets and crystal meth addicts.
After a few failed jobs, Adam begins non-adult work at a porn studio, but that soon turns into work in front of the camera and eventually turning tricks for both a billionaire businessman and one of America's most beloved but extremely closeted TV stars.
Driven by celebrity-obsessed ambition, the film’s comedic center is the adorable friendship between Adam and his roommate, the gold-digging straight girl, Candy (Allison Lane). Now matter what the setback, flaw, imperfection, disappointment or heartbreak, the two laugh their way down the rocky road of dashed hopes and dreamed-about stardom.
-- Thom Cardwell, TLA Video (http://www.tlavideo.com)
