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Trapped in a Purple Haze is a american film of genre Drama directed by Eric Laneuville released in USA on 17 april 2000 with Jonathan Jackson
Trapped in a Purple Haze (2000)
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Add to a movie listTrapped in a Purple Haze is a TV movie about drug abuse which originally aired on ABC in 2000; its title is a reference to the Jimi Hendrix song Purple Haze. The film starred Jonathan Jackson, JoBeth Williams, and Carly Pope, with a supporting role by Hayden Christensen (who eventually beat Jackson for the part of Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequel trilogy).
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Chicago college student Max Hanson (Jackson) is a talented artist and hockey player. Though more interested in the latter, he is under pressure from his mother, Sophie (Williams) to pursue a career in art, influenced by the fact that she put her own career aside to raise the family and has just landed a coveted position with a local art gallery. Max's father, Ed (Colm Feore), is a tax attorney with a more laid-back approach to his son's future, just wanting him to be happy.Actors
Jonathan Jackson
(Max Hanson)
Carly pope
(Molly White)
JoBeth Williams
(Sophie Hanson)
Robin Dunne
(Brian Hanson)
Hayden Christensen
(Orin Krieg)
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