Jury Duty (film)
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| Directed by | John Fortenberry |
| Written by | Evan C. Branham |
| Starring | Pauly Shore Tia Carrere Stanley Tucci Brian Doyle-Murray Shelley Winters Abe Vigoda |
| Studio | Triumph Films |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 14, 1995 |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $21 million |
| Box office | $17,014,653 |
Jury Duty is a 1995 comedy film directed by John Fortenberry and starring Pauly Shore, Tia Carrere, Stanley Tucci, Brian Doyle-Murray, Shelley Winters, and Abe Vigoda.
The film was Billie Bird's last screen appearance.
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[edit] Plot
When Tommy Collins (Pauly Shore), an unemployed stripper living at his parents' home, finds out that his parents are going on a private getaway for a few months and taking the mobile home with them, he decides that he needs to find a place for him and his chihuahua Peanut to stay.
By a stroke of luck he is called up for jury duty and he must be sequestered for the duration of the trial. Collins prolongs the trial with meaningless debate in an effort to stay in the lap of luxury. In the process he irritates his fellow jurors and inadvertently makes a break in the case. The movie features a host of courtroom antics performed by Shore and his cohorts.
This movie was based on the teleplay, Twelve Angry Men, which itself was adapted into film in 1957 starring Henry Fonda.
[edit] Critical reception
The film received a "BOMB" rating from critic Leonard Maltin, who comments in his Movie and Video Guide that the rating may be too high. Critic Roger Ebert said, on At the Movies, that Pauly Shore was the "cinematic equivalent of long fingernails, drawn very slowly and quite loudly over a gigantic blackboard" and noted that although his co-host, Gene Siskel, extremely disliked Chris Farley, he would "rather attend a dusk-to-dawn Chris Farley film festival than sit through any 5 minutes of Jury Duty." Siskel agreed, referring to Shore as "aggravating".[1] Ebert estimated that Shore's "appeal must be limited to people whose self-esteem and social skills are so damaged that they find humor, or at least relief, in at last encountering a movie character less successful than themselves."[2] The film received a score of 0% (zero percent) at review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, considering 20 reviews.[3]
Pauly Shore "won" a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for his performance in the film.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Siskel, Gene and Ebert, Roger (April 12, 1995). "At the Movies: Jury Duty". (Flash video). ABC, Buena Vista Television (Disney). Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (April 12, 1995). Jury Duty review. Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ Jury Duty Rotten Tomatoes. As of 14 July 2010[update], 0%. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ 1995 Archive. Razzies.com. Golden Raspberry Award Foundation, March 24, 1996.
[edit] External links
- Jury Duty at the Internet Movie Database
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