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Joey Breaker is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 4 march 1993 with Richard Edson
Joey Breaker (1993)
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Add to a movie listJoey Breaker is a 1993 American romance film starring Richard Edson and Cedella Marley. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Erik King also appear in the film. The film contains some autobiographical elements of its writer and director Steven Starr.
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Joey Breaker (Richard Edson) is a successful film agent but misses purpose in life. This changes gradually after he meets waitress and student nurse Cyan Worthington (Cedella Marley) from Jamaica. Eventually he quits his job and follows his heart to Jamaica where Cyan serves the population of her native district as a nurse with an independent practice.Actors
Richard Edson
(Joey Breaker)
Philip Seymour Hoffman
(Wiley McCall)
George Bartenieff
(Dean Milford)
Sam Coppola
(Sid Kramer)
Lewis Black
(Pete Grimm)
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