The Big Empty
May 16 2003
•2h 34m
•Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
Struggling actor John Person agrees to drive a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, Calif., and hand it over to a mysterious cowboy in return for having his credit card debt of $27,000 paid off. Upon his arrival, John can't find the cowboy but receives an ominously head-shaped package he's supposed to hang onto. While waiting, John gets close to Ruthie, whose psychotic boyfriend, Randy, keeps threatening to kill him.
Cast
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Jon Favreau
John Person
Joey Lauren Adams
Grace
Rachael Leigh Cook
Ruthie
Daryl Hannah
Stella
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