A blue-collar braggart (Chris Mulkey) takes his buddy (John Jenkins) with him on a cold night to see his... (Learn more)
Starring: Chris Mulkey, John Jenkins, Karen Landry (View All)
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Starring: Chris Mulkey, John Jenkins, Karen Landry
A macho misogynist meets his match in this independent comedy-drama. Shortly before Christmas, Eddie Jenks (John Jenkins) gets a call from his old friend Billy Regis (Chris Mulkey). Billy has just learned that his girlfriend Patti Rocks (Karen Landry) is pregnant; Patti doesn't know that Billy already has a wife and two kids, and Billy wants Eddie to lend moral support for what he expects to be an ugly scene when he breaks the news to her. Over the course of a long drive, Billy regales Eddie at great length with his low opinion of women in general and Patti in particular, but when Eddie finally encounters Patti in the flesh, he discovers an intelligent, down-to-earth woman rather than the slatternly slob he'd been led to expect. As it turns out, Patti already figured out that Billy was married, wants no help from him in raising the child (which she intends to keep), and refuses to be apologetic about pursuing sex when she wants it, the same way a man would. Chris Mulkey and John Jenkins previously appeared as Billy and Eddie in David Burton Morris's 1975 feature Loose Ends. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
1/15/88
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
87 mins.
Locations
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$17,306
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1988 Independent Spirit Awards [Festival/Aw Awards.
Distributor
- Film Dallas Pictures
- FilmDallas Pictures
- Virgin Vision
