the film start out with a quote from herman melville moby dick and woe to him who seek to please rather than appall and which by the end turn out to be a commentary on the inner working of hollywood and if the main character play brilliantly by peter sarsgaard want to be a part of that . in moby dick and the quote be use to expound the point of tell the truth . here and that where the main struggle be also center . tell the truth and be honest and like in the movie closer and become entangle in a deadly and kinsey like love triangle here . campbell scott ( rodger dodger and die young ) and patricia clarkson ( piece of april and the green mile ) round out the cast and give amazing performance .