Ivans Xtc
Ivans Xtc is a 2000 British-American independent drama film co-written by Bernard Rose and Lisa Enos, produced by Enos and directed by Rose, the first of several Enos-Rose collaborations, including Snuff-Movie, Kreutzer Sonata and Mr. Nice. The film stars Danny Huston, Peter Weller, and Lisa Enos, with Rose and Enos' actual CAA agent, Adam Krentzmen, playing the role of fictional "Media Talent Agency" agent Barry Oaks. Other key roles include Morgan Walsh as Lucy Lawrence, and SLC Punk director James Merendino as director Danny McTeague.
The story follows a Hollywood agent, Ivan Beckman, who must force a smile and carry on with business as usual with the agency's biggest client, Don West, in the face of a cancer diagnosis. The film, loosely based on Leo Tolstoy's 1886 novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich, was also inspired by the rise and fall of talent agent Jay Moloney.
Cast
- Danny Huston as Ivan Beckman, a successful film agent working in Los Angeles
- Peter Weller as Don West, Beckman's client
- Lisa Enos as Charlotte White
- James Merendino as Danny McTeague
- Adam Krentzman as Barry Oaks
- Sarah Danielle Madison as Naomi
- Tiffani Thiessen as Marie Stein
- Dan Ireland as Ted Zimblest
- Lisa Henson as Margaret Mead
- Hal Lieberman as Lloyd Hall
- Valeria Golino as Constanza Vero
- Angela Featherstone as Amanda Hill
- Victoria Silvstedt as Melanie
Production