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Johns

Name: Johns
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1996-12-10
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 5.3

★ 5,3 /10 (28 Votes)

1996 EN 96 min

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.

Release date

10/12/1996

Votes

Popularity

1.0

This ain't no 90210

Genres

Drama Romance

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

96 min

David Arquette

John

Lukas Haas

Donner

John C. McGinley

Danny Cohen

Keith David

Homeless John

Wilson Cruz

Mikey

Tony Epper

Santa Claus

Richard T. Jones

Alanna Ubach

Nikki

N'Bushe Wright

Junkie

Elliott Gould

Terrence Howard

Jimmy the Warlock

Arliss Howard

John Cardoza

Nicky Katt

Mix

Nina Siemaszko

Prostitute

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Harper Roisman

Old Man

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Lukas Haas, the little kid from "Witness," was all grown up and taking some serious adult roles. "Johns" is his film, and he does a great job here. David Arquette plays John, who will be turning 21 on Christmas Day. He is a hustler who is looking to stay on his birthday in a fancy L.A. hotel. Haas is his best friend, the new guy working the street. His father is a doctor, but kicked him out for being gay. Most of the film concerns John's efforts to collect money he owes a drug dealer. His shoes are stolen in the opening moments of the film, and we find out that was where he stashed his cash. T…

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