A 2003 American drama directed by Alan Taylor and written by Daniel Handler.
An apartment fire is set in the apartment of a father and son (Paul Calderón and Jon Budinoff). Other tenants of the building try to figure out how it started and why.
The movie also stars David Krumholtz, Clara Bellar, Cliff Gorman, Damian Young, Heather Burns, Otto Sanchez, Zak Orth, and Larry Gilliard Jr.
It was released on May 9, 2003.
Tropes for the film:
- The '80s: Takes place in the early '80s, when the neighborhood was the center of drug problems.
- Big Applesauce: Takes place in Manhattan's Alphabet City.
- Camp Gay: Delilah is a flamboyant gay man.
- The Film of the Book: Based on the book of the same name by Joel Rose.
- Titled After the Song: Inspired by the Dead Kennedys' song of the same name.
