Clean and Sober is a 1988 American drama film directed by Glenn Gordon Caron starring Michael Keaton as a real estate agent and his trouble with substance abuse. This film was a dramatic departure from comedies for Keaton. The cast also includes Kathy Baker, M. Emmet Walsh, Morgan Freeman and Tate Donovan. Ron Howard, who previously directed Keaton in the comedies Night Shift and Gung Ho , served as co-producer. Daryl Poynter is a successful but self-destructive Philadelphia real estate salesman who is addicted to cocaine. He embezzles $92,000 of his company's money from an escrow account... and then loses it all to his addiction and the stock market. Waking up one morning next to a girl who suffered a heart attack from a cocaine overdose, he tries to cover up the drug use, but the police make it clear that they know what happened. There is also the matter of the company's money. Daryl tries to flee the country but all flights are held up due to bad weather. His colleague Martin also refuses to put him up for a couple of weeks. Daryl then learns of a drug rehabilitation program which lasts about a month and which guarantees anonymity. He thus applies for it.
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| Release date: | 1988 |
| Directed by: | Glenn Gordon Caron |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 124 Minutes |
| Producer: | Ron Howard |
| Editor: | Richard Chew |
| Music by: | Gabriel Yared |