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1997 American film
Johns
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DVD cover
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Directed by
| Scott Silver
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Written by
| Scott Silver
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Produced by
| Paul Brown
Beau Flynn
Stefan Simchowitz
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Starring
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Cinematography
| Tom Richmond
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Edited by
| Dorian Harris
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Music by
| Charles Brown
Danny Caron
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Distributed by
| First Look International
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Release date
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- January 31, 1997
(
1997-01-31
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Running time
| 96 minutes
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Country
| United States
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Language
| English
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Box office
| $50,789
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Johns
(styled as
johns
) is a 1996 American
drama film
written and directed by
Scott Silver
and starring
David Arquette
and
Lukas Haas
, who portray
hustlers
who work
Santa Monica Boulevard
.
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Plot
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It's Christmas Eve and John (
David Arquette
) is asleep in a
Los Angeles
park. He awakens as someone is stealing his shoes, in which he keeps his money. He chases the thief but can't catch him. John is angered not only because those are his "lucky" sneakers but because he's trying to accumulate enough money for an overnight stay in a fancy hotel to celebrate his birthday, which is also Christmas. Each time John puts any money together, via prostitution or stealing from clients, it's taken from him either by robbery or in payback for a drug deal where he burned the dealer.
Meanwhile, Donner (
Lukas Haas
), a fellow hustler who's new to the streets and has fallen for John, tries to convince John to go with him to
Branson, Missouri
. Donner has a relative who runs a theme park there who can get them jobs. John is initially resistant to the idea but, after some particularly bad experiences, agrees to go.
John and Donner have enough money for two bus tickets to Branson but John takes one last "date" to earn money for expenses. After their sexual encounter at a motel, however, John's "date" is remorseful for having gone through with the act. He insists to John that he's not gay. John smiles and says he isn't either. But his "date" believes that John is making a mockery of him and turns violent, beating John to death mercilessly.
Donner goes in search of John and finds him at the motel. Donner drags John's lifeless body from the bathroom to the bed and tearfully confesses that he's the one who stole John's sneakers and money in a desperate attempt to persuade John to leave town with him.
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Awards and nominations
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DVD release
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Johns
was released on Region 1 DVD on February 29, 2000.
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