Permanent Midnight is a 1998 comedy-drama film directed by David Veloz starring Ben Stiller. The film is based on Jerry Stahl's autobiographical book of the same name, and tells the story of Stahl's rise from a small-time television writer to his success as a comedy writer making up to $5,000 a week writing for 1980s series like thirtysomething, Moonlighting, and ALF . Maria Bello stars as Kitty, a fellow detox survivor to whom Stahl relates his rise and fall. The film also stars Owen Wilson as Stahl's friend and fellow addict, Nicky; Elizabeth Hurley as his wife, Sandra; and Janeane Garofalo... as a Hollywood agent, Jana. The real Stahl makes a cameo appearance as a doctor at a methadone clinic. Stiller's performance in the film was critically acclaimed, but the film failed at the box office and never saw widespread release. It has been released on DVD in the USA and the UK. A soundtrack CD was also released with most of the music heard in the film. Rated R .
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| Release date: | September 16, 1998 |
| Directed by: | David Veloz |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 88 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy |
| Editor: | Cara Silverman, Steven Weisberg |
| Music by: | Daniel Licht |
| Cinematography: | Robert Yeoman |
| Screenplay by: | David Veloz |
| Adapted from: | Permanent midnight |
| Genre: | Biography |