High Hopes, also billed as Nice Guys, is a 2006 film directed by Joe Eckardt.[1][2]
High Hopes | |
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Directed by | Joe Eckardt |
Written by | Cecily Gambrell Colby Kane |
Produced by | Larry Bain Joe Eckardt Cecily Gambrell Danny Trejo |
Starring | Jason Mewes Lacey Chabert Andy Dick Danny Trejo Edward Furlong David Faustino Gina DeVettori |
Cinematography | Brian Bernstein Dana Gonzales |
Edited by | Joseph Lorigo |
Music by | Didier Rachou |
Distributed by | Lions Gate |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
editHollywood hopeful Tom Murphy and his posse of pals conspire to get into the big leagues. Pinning their hopes of industry success on Tom's famous girlfriend starring in their first feature, falls to pieces when she dumps him. Tom and his pals learn of another possibility and devise a plan to steal a fenced case of government issued marijuana, return it to the FBI and use the reward money to finance their movie. Little do they know a scorned girlfriend and her deaf mute brother have other plans.
Cast
edit- Jason Mewes as Quebert
- Lacey Chabert as Cindy
- Andy Dick as Patrick
- Danny Trejo as Shady
- Jennifer Finnigan as Morgan
- Edward Furlong as Tye
- Robert Rodriguez as Mr. Lewis
- Dallas Page as Sleezy Guy
- David Faustino as Ben
- Corin Nemec as Tom Murphy
- Michael DeLorenzo as Rocko
- Jason Marsden as Wendell
- Gina DeVettori as Carly
- Cecily Gambrell as Julie
- Ted Raimi as Special Agent Brown
- Edward Bunker as "Big Joe"
References
edit- ^ DVD Verdict Archived 2011-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The New York Times
External links
edit- High Hopes at IMDb
- High Hopes at AllMovie
- High Hopes at the TCM Movie Database
- High Hopes at Rotten Tomatoes