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Genres:
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Crime /
Thriller /
Comedy /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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George Armitage
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Actors:
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Sara Foster,
Gregory Sporleder,
Andrew Wilson,
Tony Dorsett,
Butch Helemano,
Terry Ahue,
Pete Johnson,
Mike Renfro,
Brian L. Keaulana,
Owen Wilson,
Charlie Sheen,
Vinnie Jones,
Morgan Freeman,
Willie Nelson,
Gary Sinise
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Duration:
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88 min.
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Rating:
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(4.8/10)76.5
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Plot Summary:
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Surfer/drifter/con man Jack Ryan (Wilson) makes his way to Hawaii and lands a toil caring for an Walter Crewes (Freeman), a judge on the isle. His new gig leads to an involvement with an beautiful, enterprising woman (Foster), who's definitely the lover of a actual estate multimillionaire (Sinise) - a shady businessman and longtime rival of Consider Crewes. Ryan, by nature, has to elect between the strife, the money, or the honorable path.
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Oh dear oh dear oh dear ....
I'm a big fan of Elmore Leonard. This film is based on one of his books.
I usually read a few reviews before I decide whether to see see a film or not (this one had more than a few duff ones).
I shouldn't have rented this but I did and what a waste of 80 odd minutes. Absolute drival . Owen Wilson is the main man, he grins his way through the film. Morgan Freeman must have been on cruise control. Charlie Sheen, was that his real nose ! (Nearly put Owen wilsons in the shade). Vinny Jones...heavy man, as a heavy as a packet of flumps. Cameos by Willie Nelson and the almighty Harry Dean Stanton, blimey they must have been offered a packet to star in this.
You want to know the plot, jack the lad drifter (wilson) gets involved in a scam (with a pretty lady), doubl...
Not so bouncy
I've never read an Elmore Leonard novel that I haven't enjoyed, but few seem to be able to translate his cool, matter-of-fact style onto the screen. The only decent ones were 'Get Shorty' and 'Out of Sight', which came effectively from the same stable (adapted by Scott Frank and produced at least in part by Danny De Vito). Both of those movies were sharp, packed with superb character actors, and set alight by brisk performances from the two leads, John Travolta and George Clooney.
From the beginning, 'The Big Bounce' takes its cue from Owen Wilson, making a rare appearance as the sole leading man (if you notice, he nearly always appears with someone else). Wilson is a laid-back, casual actor, and so the film goes the same way, becoming slow, even list...
Big Bounce, The
Ryan O'Neal makes his majuscule screen debut as a cucumber picker who jumps in and loophole of bed with various women and ends up accused of murder. One of his dalliances (Leigh Taylor-Inexperienced) likes having sex in graveyards; another (Lee Grant) commits suicide. Made in 1969, this alteration of an Elmore Leonard novel is a given of those "youth movies" that's full of hippy characters, informal gender, "brave" nudity and a mongrel publish of social rebellion. O'Neal and Taylor-Young were the stars of the TV series Peyton Place and were married in real freshness.
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