American Crude (2008)

Director:

Craig Sheffer

Writers:

Jeff Winiski (story) and
Mike Diiorio (story) ...

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Four lives collide in one crazy night.

Plot:

The paths of several eccentric and troubled strangers cross one night. |

Plot Keywords:

Hooker | Interracial Relationship | Pot Smoking | Domineering Girlfriend | Porn

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Raymond J. Barry	...	Mr. Grand
Aaron Brumfield	...	Policeman
Gino Cabanas	...	Bagman
Ski Carr	...	Ed butler
Claudia Choi	...	Cindy
Daniel Colletti	...	Benny
Amanda Detmer	...	Olivia
Martin Dorsla	...	Stripper cop
Michael Clarke Duncan	...	Spinks
Jennifer Esposito	...	Carlos
Sarah Foret	...	Tammy
Cam Gigandet	...	Kip Adams
Kamal John Iskander	...	Manny (as John Iskander)
Shannon Ivey	...	Marlene (as Shannon Jarrell)
Jeffrey Licon	...	Julio
Ron Livingston	...	Johnny
Scott MacDonald	...	Mr. Snow
Andrea Marcellus	...	Police Officer #2
Nancy Marlow	...	Mrs. Grand
John C. McGinley	...	Jim
Benjamin Ochieng	...	Toomy
Jia Perlich	...	Caberet patron
Missi Pyle	...	Gigi
Leonard Robinson	...	Cop #4
Sam Sabbah	...	Arresting Officer
Rob Schneider	...	Bill
LaRita Shelby	...	Roof Cop
Jacob Snyder	...	Police Officer #1
Danny Spalluto	...	Sam
Eric Stonestreet	...	Phil
Tennille Villagomez	...	Bachelorette Party Guest
Cynthia Watros	...	Jane
Ron Yuan	...	The Guard

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, violence, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

Greece:94 min | Argentina:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:R21 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sheffer/Kramer Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: In his opening voice-over, the character Johnny Grand (Ron Livingston) attributes the quote "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive," to William Shakespeare. Sir Walter Scott actually wrote that in Marmion in 1808, about 192 years after Shakespeare died. This probably is the quote most often erroneously attributed to Shakespeare.

Soundtrack:

Swing

One of the worst films ever made

I almost never bother to review films, as there are always plenty of opinions out there already. But this one was so incredibly bad, that for some reason, I feel compelled to say something....

First off, there are so many terrific players in this movie, that I have to imagine they never knew what they were getting themselves into. They probably all thought this was going to be another cult underground hit that they could be associated with. Maybe on Mars....

I kept waiting for something to happen, but it never did. Michael Clark Duncan made this worth it for me to wait till the end, but other than that, it was so patently absurd, that I cannot imagine how many decent movies didn't get made because this waste of electrons, protons and neutrons wasted all that funding.

The script had zero touches of brilliance, which if it had, might have been enough to hold it together and make it at least a mediocre mess. But then, the "director" seemed to decide that the only way to tell this story was to make everything insane. And then finally, the editor, either was the worst ever or the best ever, but we'll never know what they had to start with in terms of raw footage.

All in all, this was a colossal waste of time and effort on everyone's part, especially those who burnt the 2 hours of their lives to watch it