Rubin & Ed

Rubin & Ed
Rubin & Ed
Directed by	Trent Harris
Written by	Trent Harris
Produced by	Paul Webster
Starring	Crispin Glover; Howard Hesseman;
Edited by	Brent A. Schoenfeld
Music by	Fred Myrow
Production; company	Working Title Films
Distributed by	IRS Media (1992) (U.S.)
Release date	June 7, 1991;
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$15,675

Rubin & Ed is an English-language independent comedy-buddy film written and directed by Trent Harris and released in 1991.

Plot

It is about an eccentric, unsociable young man who is forced by his mother to make some friends before she'll return his stereo to him. He is joined on a trip through a desert by a pyramid scheme salesman, to assist in finding a location to bury a frozen cat.

Production

Rubin and Ed was filmed in Utah in Salt Lake City, Hanksville, Factory Butte^{[disambiguation needed]} and Goblin Valley State Park.^[2]

Cast

Actor	Role
Howard Hesseman	Ed Tuttle
Crispin Glover	Rubin Farr
Karen Black	Rula
Michael Greene	Mr. Busta
Brittney Lewis	Poster Girl
Anna Louise Daniels	Rubin's Mom
Ray Gordon	Barking Man
Dorene Nielsen	Ed's Mom
Frank Magner	Bob
Aaron Tranberg	Desk Sergeant
Patrick Michael Collins	Lacky
Jonathan Chapin	Brat
Jane Mendenhall	Woman By Pool
James Nielsen	Ed's Dad
Diane St. Cyr	Bonnie
Michael Scott	Jimbo

In other media

Television

Crispin Glover appeared on Late Night with David Letterman in 1987 in-character as Rubin Farr. While demonstrating his fighting moves, Glover nearly kicked David Letterman in the face, causing Letterman to walk off the set. It has never been confirmed by Glover whether or not this was a performance.

References

^ "Rubin & Ed (1992) - Box Office Mojo". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.

External links

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[1] "Rubin & Ed (1992) - Box Office Mojo". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014.

[2] D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.

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