A frustrated, unemployed professor joins forces with a scammer and a friend of his in a blackmailing scheme.A frustrated, unemployed professor joins forces with a scammer and a friend of his in a blackmailing scheme.A frustrated, unemployed professor joins forces with a scammer and a friend of his in a blackmailing scheme.
William Rosenfeld
- Deputy Garman
- (as Billy Asher)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJon Polito took the role of Agent Hymes because he felt that the script was "one of the sickest I'd ever read".
- GoofsGus' American accent changes throughout the film.
- Crazy creditsAt the closing titles, just as the words "No animals and no actors were harmed during the making of this film" are displayed, the credits quickly cut to an outtake in which Simon Pegg accidentally punches Billy Asher in the face. The crew rush in to make sure that Asher is not hurt. When the credits return, the words are changed to "No animals were harmed during the making of this film".
- ConnectionsFeatured in Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: Episode #11.11 (2006)
Featured review
Simon Pegg fans will just LOVE this one!! so many twists and turns. starts out innocently enough, and just snowballs into intrigue. Charlie (David Schwimmer) is an aspiring writer who takes a call center job to pay the bills, and that's where he meets Gus (Pegg). and while they are coming up with a get rich quick scheme, they bump into Josie (Alive Eve). or rather, she bumps into them. and then things really get moving. gotta pay attention, or you'll miss where things stand. they have to be careful, because Charlie's wife is a deputy. really tight story, good acting by all. highly recommend this one if you like a caper film. no plot-holes. there is a bit of blood and guts, violence. writing credits to Jean-Baptiste Andrea and William Rosenfeld. directed by Andrea. fun adventure.
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $662,081
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content