Pour yourself a stiff one 🍸- A cocktail of social anxiety and party fouls.
Travis and Diane host three wildly different gatherings over a single year, severely testing the limits of their friends’ patience and their own sanity. As the guest list grows increasingly unhinged, the couple must navigate bizarre magic tricks, awkward celebrity cameos, and relentless interpersonal drama before the clock strikes midnight.
Original Title: Highball (1997) | AKA: Ernie Fusco’s Highball
Comedy • Independent • Satire • 90s • Drama • Cult Classic
⭐️ *CASTLIST*
Eric Stoltz – Darien
Justine Bateman – Diane
Carlos Jacott – Felix
Chris Eigeman – Fletcher
Annabella Sciorra – Molly
Noah Baumbach – Philip
Ally Sheedy – Herself
🎬 *CREW*
Directed by Noah Baumbach
Written by Noah Baumbach, Carlos Jacott, and Christopher Reed
Original Music by Dean Wareham
Cinematography by Steven Bernstein
Release date: 1997
Budget: Independent
Filming location: Brooklyn, New York
WHY WATCH?
🍸 Indie Comedy Chaos – 🎭 Uncomfortable Social Satire – 🗣 Razor-Sharp Banter
Noah Baumbach’s notoriously disowned feature is a fascinating, unfiltered time capsule of late-90s neuroses and urban absurdity. Packed with rapid-fire dialogue, hilarious celebrity cameos, and escalating dinner party disasters, this biting comedy captures the awkwardness of young adulthood with unapologetic wit and brilliant ensemble chemistry.
Discover how this film is titled in different countries and languages around the world:
• 🇧🇷 Brazil: A Vida É Uma Festa
• 🇧🇬 Bulgaria: Големият купон (The Big Party)
• 🇵🇱 Poland: Impreza za imprezą
• 🇷🇺 Russia: Высшая ступень (The Highest Step)
⏱️ *CHAPTERS*
00:00 – FULL MOVIE
00:13:33 – Travis eagerly attempts to cheer up his persistently miserable best friend during a deeply uncomfortable birthday dinner.
00:25:32 – Diane tearfully confesses the messy details of her sudden marital separation amidst the chaotic arrival of costumed Halloween guests.
01:00:11 – Miles gleefully spreads explosive romantic gossip about a fellow partygoer to fuel the escalating New Year’s Eve tension.
01:14:57 – Fletcher desperately scrambles to fix a rigged ceiling drop as the countdown to midnight descends into total madness.
01:15:45 – Felix silently absorbs the surreal atmosphere as his exhausted friends begrudgingly serenade him one last time to conclude the disastrous year.
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