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Academy Award winners Michael Keaton and Morgan Freeman star in this gritty and critically-acclaimed drama, directed by Glen Gordon Caron (Moonlighting) . Keaton portrays Daryl Pointer, a hustling Philadelphia real estate agent with a serious cocaine addiction and a life that is quickly unraveling. He has embezzled and lost $100,000 from his employer. And then he wakes up with a girl dead of a drug overdose in his bed. Daryl checks himself into a substance abuse program, intending only to hide for a while. Plans change when he meets Craig (Freeman), a counselor who has already heard every excuse Daryl can offer, and develops a relationship with a recovering alcoholic and battered wife named Charlie (Kathy Baker, in an unforgettable performance). The story unfolds as Darryl's life begins to change...hopefully for the better. Keaton's portrayal of Daryl Pointer earned him a Best Actor award from the National Society of Film Critics, and the film itself won critical praise. More than 35 years after its premiere, CLEAN AND SOBER is a film ripe for rediscovery.
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Clean and Sober (1988)
124 min
Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the mentorship of counselor Craig, Daryl accepts that he has a substance abuse problem. As he falls in love with fellow patient Charlie, Daryl begins committing to a newly sober life.