Genre:
Drama
Runtime:
120 - 120 mins
Cast:
3 male(s), 1 female(s), gender-flexible
Synopsis:
In modern day New York City, Charles is walking along a street when
two cars collide in a fiery accident. He is compelled to rush forward when
he sees a small child, trapped in the back seat of one of the vehicles. In a
moment of extra ordinary strength, he tears off the car door and saves the
child's life.
When Charles wakes up from what he thinks is a dream, he is in a
hospital in Manhattan and he can't remember who he is or anything about his life. The play begins with Charles, in a straight jacket, seated
in the down stairs office of Dr. Shearson, Head of Psychiatrics, while
Burt, the doctor's assistant, is on the office phone collecting from his
bookie.
The rest of this intense mystery/thriller is spent discovering the lost strings of Charles complicated mind and how he ultimately ended up in a hospital where no one knows where he is including himself. He only finds his lost life through the efforts of Dr. Shearson, his assistant Burt and Shelly, Charles ex-girl friend, who is discovered as the link to Charles past and possibly to his present condition.
P.J. is a drama which pits the Medical association and all of it's
history against the metaphysical and supernatural world of P.J., the man known as Charles who can't remember his name. Is Charles a human, receiving special instructions from a very real God or is Charles a young, deluded man whose personality has split under the pressure of his faith fighting against his real life.
P.J. is an Award-Winning Play and now a movie with a fast paced moving story with four principal roles, one location and one male role for an exceptionally gifted actor. P.J. was the recipient of the Best New Play
Award from the Denver Theatre Critics in 1988. The movie is available on Netflix and stars John Heard, Vincent Pastore, Robert Picardo, Hallie Kate Eisenberg and Patricia Rea.
Notes:
The film "PJ" is partially based on the play PJ qnd was co-written by the play's author - Mark Mc Quown.
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