 200 cigarettes is a 1999 american comedy and drama film directed by risa bramon garcia, and written by shana larsen. the film is a mosaic following multiple characters in new york city on new year's eve 1981. it features an ensemble cast, including ben affleck, casey affleck, dave chappelle, guillermo dÃ­az, angela featherstone, janeane garofalo, gaby hoffmann, kate hudson, courtney love, jay mohr, martha plimpton, christina ricci and paul rudd. the film also features a cameo by elvis costello, as well as paintings by sally davies. ==plot== the film follows various plot arcs all occurring on new year's eve of 1981. monica (plimpton) is throwing a big new year's bash and is desperately afraid no one will attend. early on the only person to have arrived is her friend hillary (kellner). as she tries to convince hillary to stay, we learn about various other groupings of individuals who are all on their way. the film follows several characters as they spend new year's eve in new york city before eventually showing up at monica's party. the characters are: val (ricci) and stephie (hoffmann), teens from ronkonkoma who get lost in the seedy alphabet city section of the borough and wander into a punk club where they meet dave (diaz) and tom (casey affleck), who have a "package" they need to deliver; ditsy and awkward cindy (hudson) who is on a dinner date with the paranoid jack (mohr); lucy (love) and her best friend kevin (rudd) who are struggling with the sexual tension between them; kevin's feminist ex-girlfriend ellie (garofalo), who walks in on kevin and lucy making out in a restroom stall; a dim-witted and flirtatious bartender (ben affleck); competitive friends bridget (parker) and caitlyn (featherstone) who attempt to ditch bridget's boyfriend eric (mccardie) (who is also monica's ex-boyfriend); and the eccentric cab driver (chappelle) who takes them 
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