Inside Monkey Zetterland was a film penned by former
child actor Steve Antin. Semi-autobiographical, it follows the life of the title character, a former
child actor living in
Los Angeles, California with his girlfriend (played by
Debi Mazar.) His mother,
Katherine Helmond[?], a famous soap star, harasses him to be more like his hairdresser brother. His
lesbian sister (
Patricia Arquette[?]) has run away from her pregnant lover (
Sofia Copolla[?].) And as if these details weren't enough, the kooky woman across the street (
Sandra Bernhard) and a rabid fan of his mother's work (
Ricki Lake) seem to be stalking the entire family. (The film also features cameos by
Martha Plimpton and
Rupert Everett[?] as radical
gay rights terrorists on a
suicide mission.) The film won several awards at
film festivals but didn't gain much commercial success.