Tom Benson

The bar in an old Pennsylvania steel town, housed with many of life's losers and disillusioned men, is the main setting for this slice-of-life film. Michael Madsen is the bar owner, who is deep in debt to the town's book-maker and loan shark Burt Young. Chris Penn is one of the bar's main inhabitants as he hides from his failing marriage to Mary Stuart Masterson... (imdb)

Charlie is a young man whose whole life is based around socialist politics, however his growing anger and frustration with the war in Iraq and the disillusionment over protesting against has made him feel isolated. When he has to make a choice between a date with his neighbour Christine or going to a Socialist meeting, will he choose what he knows or something new that he craves? (imdb)