"Friends" The One with Joey's Big Break (1999)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Gary Halvorson

Writers:

David Crane (creator)
Marta Kauffman (creator)

TV Series:

"Friends" (1994)

Original Air Date:

11 May 1999 (Season 5, Episode 22)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Joey is excited to get the lead in a thriller, Shutterspeed, so he and Chandler decide to drive to Las Vegas where it's being shot...

Plot Keywords:

Eye Drops | Bridge | Desert | Fear | Movie Set

Cast

Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani (as Matt Le Blanc)
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Michael Monks	...	Dr. Miller
John Kassir	...	Stanley
John C. McDonnell	...	The Grip

Runtime:

22 min (approx.) | USA:22 min | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: Rachel tries to avoid going to the eye doctor by knocking over a box of cereal. The box ends up a few feet from the counter with the cereal spreading out. In the following shot showing the floor the box is almost touching the counter and the spilt cereal is in a more concentrated pile.

Quotes:

Phoebe: [about Ross] I'm trying not to be mad at him, but man that guy can push my buttons.
Monica: Why are so mad at him?
Phoebe: Look, I don't wanna talk about it. Okay?
Monica: Well, it just seems that...
Phoebe: You wanna be on my list too? Keep talking. Has anyone seen my list by the way?
Chandler: Uh, no Pheebs. What's it look like?
Phoebe: It's a piece of paper and it says "Ross" on it.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Friends: The One with All the Other Ones: Part 2 (#10.18)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

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