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Around the Fire

Around the Fire

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 26, 1998

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Drama, Romance

User Score

36%

Original Title

Around the Fire

Production Companies

Paradigm Studio

Director

John M. Jacobsen

Budget

$1,200,000

Description

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.