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Around the Fire

Movie·1998·Drama, Romance·1h 47m·Directed by John Jacobsen

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Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved and cool hearted family, Simon commits numerous petty crimes and is soon sent away to boarding school where he befriends a "Deadhead," adopts the "hippie" lifestyle and dabbles in many drugs in his search for acceptance.

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Devon SawaDevon SawaSimon HarrisBill SmitrovichBill SmitrovichMatt HarrisTara ReidTara ReidJenniferEric MabiusEric MabiusAndrewColman DomingoColman DomingoTraceCharlayne WoodardCharlayne WoodardKateStephen TobolowskyStephen TobolowskyDocHenri LubattiHenri LubattiKevin

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