An angry coffeehouse poet meets an attractive, conservative publisher, who is interested in his work. She wants him to enter the Los Angeles Poetron, a contest where poetry is read competitively. Jake rejects the idea because he believes poetry is an art and not a competition. But the beautiful Marni sways Jake—it’s love at first sight.
C. Thomas Howell
David Settles
Cristina Maxwell
Lucy
Fred Williamson
Gabriel
Val Lauren
Etch-A-Sketch
Michael Parks
Benny the Heckler
Fred Willard
Longfellow
Jeff Stearns
Jake Thompson
Edward Albert
Marc
James Parks
Fresno Pete
Vanessa Dorman
Shelly Lancaster
Amir Talai
Ralph
Dominic Comperatore
Alan
Tucker Smallwood
Franklin
Justin Urich
Chrome Harley
Tammy Caplan
Angie
Judy Ben-Asher
Self Love Sarah
Dwight Ewell
Leopold
Andrea Helene
Mouse
Marita de Lara
Thunder Woman
Jade Hykush
Poet
Javon Johnson
Self
Joseph DeVito
Motorcycle Gang (uncredited)