Hot Tomorrows

Hot Tomorrows
Directed byMartin Brest
Produced byMartin Brest
StarringKen Lerner
Ray Sharkey
Hervé Villechaize
Victor Argo
CinematographyJacques Haitkin
Edited byMartin Brest
Production
company
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Hot Tomorrows is a 1977 feature-length student film, written and directed by Martin Brest. The film includes appearances from actor Hervé Villechaize and the theatre troupe The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. Orson Welles provides the voice for a radio ad for a funeral home.

Filming was completed in December 1975 by the then 24 year-old Brest while a student at the American Film Institute, however it took an additional two years to raise funds required to complete post-production, for a total final budget of $33,000.

The Washington Post described Hot Tomorrows as "one of the most original and exciting movies of the decade."

Plot

A young New York City writer who has moved to Los Angeles spends his days exploring his obsession with death.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Arnold, Gary (1979-11-11). "Movies That Never Made It". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2026-09-26.
  2. ↑ Maslin, Janet (1977-10-04). "'Hot Tomorrows' Is Grim Film". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-03-05.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)