Exhausted and rain-soaked, the writer is told by his secretary to 'catch 40 wings' of sleep before facing the director one last time.
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Studio friction hardens into a New Year's Eve chill.
A screenwriter keeps pushing through a troubled picture while rain taps at the office window, the gas heater sits on his ankles, and a secretary is already thinking about Christmas shopping.
Why you'd press play
If you want a New Year's Eve horror sting with backstage movie-set snark and a final-hour chill.
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