Influences

Manhattan. Night. A ringing phone. Eliot, a frazzled publicist, juggles a starlet and a benefit dinner, then his brother's drug habit spins out. A favor becomes a nightmare involving a dead socialite and a shadowy deal. Early-aughts NYC grit filters through this character study.

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Daniel Algrant directed Influences in 2002. See Daniel Algrant's full filmography, where to start with Daniel Algrant, or where to go after you've seen everything by Daniel Algrant.

Influences was released in 2002 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 100 minutes.