Hurlyburly is a 1998 independent comedy-drama film directed by Anthony Drazan and based on Hurlyburly the 1984 play by David Rabe, who adapted the screenplay. The film is about the intersecting lives of several Hollywood players and wannabes. Rabe condensed the action of his three-hour plus play into two hours and updated the setting from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s.