Floundering 1994  R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter McCarthy
Cast: James LeGros, John Cusack, Ethan Hawke, Maritza Rivera, Ebbe Roe Smith, Steve Buscemi, Billy Bob Thornton, Nelson Lyon, Jo Harvey Allen, Viggo Mortensen
John (James LeGros) is in his thirties, unemployed, and still trying to decide what to do with his life. Various characters come in and out of this life–set in post Rodney King-induced riots in L.A.–representing people from that era. He falls even farther down in the mire when he joins a group of reactionaries. This politically left-leaning non-story has its roots in the attitudes of the poor people of L.A. and shows right-wingers as people to hate.
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The Wendell Baker Story 2005 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Andrew Wilson, Luke Wilson
Cast: Luke Wilson, Seymour Cassel, Eddie Griffin, Kris Kristofferson, Eva Mendes, Harry Dean Stanton, Owen Wilson, Jacob Vargas, Will Ferrell, Buck Taylor, Jo Harvey Allen, Heather Kafka, Billy Joe Shaver, Angela Alvarado
As a result of selling fake IDs to illegal Mexican immigrants, Wendell Baker (Luke Wilson) is arrested and jailed. His girlfriend Doreen (Eva Mendes) leaves him, and Wendell now has time to figure out what he wants to do with the rest of his life. As a condition of his parole, Wendell takes a job at the Shady Grove retirement home, which is run by Neil King (Owen Wilson) and McTeague (Eddie Griffin) who run a scam that involves stealing residents' medications and selling them on the black market. A reformed Wendell enlists the aid of the residents–including Boyd (Seymour Cassel), Skip (Harry Dean Stanton), and L.R. Nasher (Kris Kristofferson)–in a plan to end the scam and, maybe, get Doreen back in the process. As they join forces in Wendell's cause, the residents learn that they still have a lot more living to do.
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| 1. Floundering (1994)
2. The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
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