Jerky Boys: The Movie
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| Directed by | J. Miller Tobin, James Melkonian |
| Produced by | Roger Birnbaum, Joe Roth |
| Written by | The Jerky Boys, Rich Wilkes |
| Starring | The Jerky Boys Alan Arkin William Hickey Alan North |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 3, 1995 (USA) |
| Running time | 81 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | 243 million |
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Jerky Boys: The Movie (1995) is a comedy/crime film that features characters from The Jerky Boys.
The film features two men, Johnny B. and Kamal, aka "the Jerky Boys", two self-described "low-lifes from Queens", who get into trouble with the Mafia when one of their prank calls leads them into a money laundering business. The Jerky Boys discover that their long-loved hometown bar will be torn down unless they stop it.
[edit] Production and delay of release
After the 1993 release of the first Jerky Boys album, Johnny B. and Kamal commenced writing and filming a Jerky Boys movie that was planned for release in 1994. The project's distributor, Buena Vista, did not know what to do with the film, but after the release of the second Jerky Boys album, Buena Vista and Touchstone Pictures bought the rights to the film in 1994 and it was released theatrically on February 3, 1995. The copyright date of this movie is 1994 and the same date appears on the disc and back cover of the soundtrack.
[edit] Characters
The main characters are:
- Johnny — (Himself) one of the two prank callers.
- Kamal — (Himself) one of the two prank callers.
- Ernie Lazarro — (Alan Arkin) an employee who works at a client's office and works for the three mobsters.
- Tony Scarboni — (Vincent Pastore) one of the three mobsters and Lazarro's clients.
- Geno — (Brian Tarantina) one of the three mobsters and Lazarro's clients.
- Sonny — (Peter Appel) one of the three mobsters and Lazarro's clients.
- Robert Worzic — (Brad Sullivan) a detective
- Brett Weir — (James Lorinz) Johnny's neighbor.
- Mrs. B — (Suzanne Shepherd) Johnny's mother.
- Uncle Freddy - (William Hickey) Johnny's Neighbor, old time mob boss
- Construction Foreman — (Joe Lisi) a construction worker, who fired Johnny and Kamal.
- Burger Bob Customer — (Ron Ostrow) a customer ordering lunch at Burger Bob's drive through.
- Band Manager — (Ozzy Osbourne) band manager for Helmet.
- Henry Bogdan — (Himself) one of the four members of Helmet.
- Rob Echeverria — (Himself) one of the four members of Helmet.
- Page Hamilton — (Himself) one of the four members of Helmet.
- John Stanier — (Himself) one of the four members of Helmet.
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