Johns 1996 123movies

Watch: Johns 1996 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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. He’s ripped off a local drug dealer to pay the bill, but as he’s sleeping that morning, someone steals his shoes right off his feet, with the money in them. Meanwhile, Donner, a lad new to the streets, wants John to leave the city with him for Camelot, a theme park in Branson, MO, where they’ll work as lifeguards. John spends the day trying to hustle the money for the hotel, avoid Jimmy the Warlock, keep his girl friend placated, and figure out how to deal with Donner’s friendship..
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	6.3/10 Votes: 1,778
	54% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 18 Popularity: 2.649 | TMDB

Reviews:

Johns: Very realistic in its portrayal of the hardships of street life.
Johns quite accurately portrays the nightmarish life of “kids” on the streets of Hollywood. There are indeed bright spots in life for these social outcasts, rare people like the angelic “Homeless John” or Richard Kind’s “Paul,” the gentlemanly concierge, but the recurring theme of mistrust is “on the money,” as we say.

Having lived and/or worked in the Hollywood area for decades, everyone here can also solemnly assure people who do not live in Southern California, that, yes, it CAN be blindingly bright, hot and sunny in December in Hollywood, and yes, that bright glare off of the white stucco walls REALLY occurs, and yes, it IS depressing! Our reviewer has compared the Los Angeles of johns to Oran in The Plague by Camus; visually, the comparison is apt. Morally and spiritually it is perhaps even more apt.

Grim, dreary, depressing, confusing and dull
The life of a male prostitute (David Arquette) on Christmas Eve–one day before his birthday. His best friend and lover (I think–played by Lukas Haas) wants him to leave the town with him–but he owes a psycho named Jimmy $3,000 and Jimmy intends to collect…

The movie looks dirty (as it should) and with the sole exceptions of Haas and Elliott Gould it’s VERY well-acted (especially by Arquette who’s just incredible) but the story is vague, the dialogue is awkward and I gradually got very bored by it. The constant depressing tone does wear you down and the ending was (to me) telegraphed. Almost worth seeing for the acting….ALMOST.

I’m sure there’s a good movie to be made about male prostitution but this isn’t it. A huge bomb on its release in 1996. It bombed so badly in California and New York that the distributor pulled it from release completely! It was scheduled to play in Cambridge MA but never made it! A definite must-miss but, because of the acting, I give this a 4.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 36 min (96 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Romance
Director Scott Silver
Writer Scott Silver
Actors David Arquette, Lukas Haas, Tony Epper
Country United States
Awards 1 win & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera Arriflex Cameras
Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA (prints by) (as CFI)
Film Length 2,684 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm