The Big Bounce (2004)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

George Armitage

Writers (WGA):

Elmore Leonard (novel)
Sebastian Gutierrez (screenplay)

Release Date:

30 January 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Comedy

Tagline:

It's all in who you trust

Plot:

A small-time con artist and a Hawaiian real estate developer's mischevious, enterprising mistress team up for a potential $200,000 score.

Plot Keywords:

Judge | Dominoes | Taunting | Surfing | Scam

Cast

Owen Wilson	...	Jack Ryan
Butch Helemano	...	Hawaiian Priest
Charlie Sheen	...	Bob Rogers, Jr.
Vinnie Jones	...	Lou Harris
Gregory Sporleder	...	Frank Pizzarro
Terry Ahue	...	Jimmy Opono (as Terry L. Ahue)
Pete Johnson	...	Con Nuuiwa
Mike Renfro	...	Worker #1
Tony Dorsett	...	Worker #2
Brian L. Keaulana	...	Barry Salu (as Brian Keaulana)
Morgan Freeman	...	Walter Crewes
Willie Nelson	...	Joe Lurie
Andrew Wilson	...	Ned Coleman
Sara Foster	...	Nancy Hayes
Gary Sinise	...	Ray Ritchie

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content and nudity, violence and language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Brazil:14 | USA:PG-13 (edited for re-rating) | USA:R (original rating) | Malaysia:U | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40396)

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company:

Shangri-La Entertainment

Trivia:

The finished PG-13 rated film appears to have a great deal of censoring from what was probably originally cut as an R film. As such several "f" words are overdubbed with much less strong words (with their mouths visibly saying something else). Also, it appears the romance between Jack and Nancy had been toned down slightly by removing scenes and moments that appear in the film's theatrical trailer.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end, Jack puts one of Nancy bags in the limo. In the next shot, she has it in her hands.

Quotes:

Frank Pizzarro: What is this?
Jack Ryan: What's what?
Frank Pizzarro: Dude, this is $200. You said we made six.
Jack Ryan: Right, yeah, but $200 is your cut, cause that's the going rate for hiding in the truck.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Entourage: Talk Show (#1.3)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

It's Your Thing

Forget the Critics...

Whether it was intended to be viewed this way or not, this movie was exactly that, a movie(which are supposed to be fun). It didn't make you think too hard(or at all), It had a beautiful cast in a beautiful location, a great soundtrack, and a quirky fun story. Sometimes these type of movies are just what the doctor ordered. So what that it has no deep and meaningful theme, or that there are spots in the movie that make absolutely no sense!!!! It suffered severely in the box office due to very poor marketing prior to its release as well as a nation full of people suffering from groupthink, and the critics are the ones pulling the strings. I found the movie extremely refreshing, a nice break from deep thought, and i chance where i could just sit down, fix my eyes on the TV, and smile :D