Wasted
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Stephen Kay
Summer Phoenix
Nick Stahl
Aaron Paul
Brittney Irvin
Andrew Arlie
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Television movie that addresses the effects of heroin abuse in a suburban community from a fictionalized account of a town where at least 17 high school students have died of heroin overdoses. Samantha, Chris and Owen navigate their senior year of high school in a typical suburban town. Sam has been dating charismatic and restless Owen, while introspective and sensitive Chris remains their mutual best friend. Sam and Owen begin snorting heroin together. Chris watches without judgment as his friends' casual experimentation escalates to habitual dependency.
Sam becomes an overdose victim, and Chris volunteers to drive her to Narcotics Anonymous meetings. As Sam struggles to stay sober and Chris wrestles with a splintered home life, the two friends eventually develop a romantic relationship, and Sam pulls away from Owen. After being badly injured during an athletic race, a defeated Chris runs into Owen waiting for his dealer. He decides to try heroin just one time, but becomes a habitual user. Sam resolves to stop seeing Chris; he and Owen start hanging out with Owen's younger, thrill-seeking girlfriend Amy. Chris finally reaches out to Sam, but she finds herself drawn back to the drug. The friends strike a daily rhythm getting high and pulling scams to pay for the habit. After Sam and Chris are arrested for robbery, she is placed in rehab, where she develops a new commitment to a sober life.
After being separated during detox, Chris and Sam reconnect, but their conversation is interrupted by a phone call from Owen, who is at the hospital with Amy. She has slipped into a coma after trying heroin for the first time. Owen begs Chris to go to his house and get rid of his drug paraphernalia that would implicate him. When he gets there, Chris can't fight the temptation in a bag of leftover heroin, and it's enough to kill him. The next morning, the police but 32 high school students for dealing. With Owen in jail, Amy in a coma and Chris gone, Sam realizes that although she will never be able to make sense of what has happened, she has the strength to continue her life clean and sober.
Director
Stephen Kay
Cast
Summer Phoenix
Nick Stahl
Aaron Paul
Brittney Irvin
Andrew Arlie
Tony Massil
Jacqueline Samuda
Barbara Gates-wilson
Derek Richards
Joe Norman Shaw
Ty Olsson
Lorette Clow
Doug Mckeag
Ingrid Tesch
Frank Takacs
Krista Rae
Paul Dunphy
Stephen Kay
Andrew Airlie
Barbara Gates Wilson
Crew
Mark Ambury
Jackie Bagley
Bill Bannerman
Terri Bardon
Tyler Bates
Matt Beville
Sean Blackie
Beth Blanks
Jason Bretz
Roy Brockerridge
David Brown
Bobby Bukowski
Bobby Bukowski
Robert Carr
Jarret Craig
Andrew Decristofaro
Marcy Dichter
Brian Dunne
Laura Emoissac
Regan Enderl
David Esparza
Gaylene Fisher
Sandra-ken Freeman
Don French
Celine Godberson
Mike Gould
Patricia Hagger
Celia Hamel
Dorian Harris
Ivan Hawkes
Jill Heather
Peter G Horn
Amber Humphries
Martin Keough
Henry Kitchen
Charles Koetke
Jackie Lind
Suzanne Lore
Craig Machen
Maggie Malina
Ian Matheson
Kelly Mccoshen
Grant Mcphee
Michael Nemirsky
Nancy Kyong Nugent
Alexandra Patsavas
Michael Playfair
Dan Power
Vanessa Reyes
Brian Richards
Brian Richards
Marilyn Riddoch
Katherine Ringer
Samantha Rumball
Joanne Sales
Bruce Shibley
Mary Jo Slater
Jodi Stecyk
Sound Storm
Eric Thompson
Todd Wertman
Don West
Jordy Wihak
Danielle Woodrow
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2003 Prism Award for TV Movie or Miniseries from the Entertainment Industries Council (EIC). Also nominated for Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries (Summer Phoenix and Nick Stahl).
Aired in United States April 20, 2004
Aired in United States March 17, 2002
Released in United States on Video April 20, 2004
Began shooting early summer 2001.
Completed shooting June 2001.
