- Type
- Feature Film
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Genre
- Comedy
Paint the town Fred
A former girlfriend sets Fred up to hang out with her brother who's on the brink of a divorce.
Setting: Dallas, TX
Buddy Comedy
Fred, 38, is a former sports bookie who can't book anymore because of legal trouble.(Indian Tribal Gaming has put the independent bookies out of business.) With the bad economy and no employment history, he's working at the Coffee Grinder when the former love of his life, Jeanie, walks in. She asks Fred to spend some quality time with her brother explaining, "he's in really bad shape and heading for a divorce."
The night out with her brother, George, turns into an epic. George is inebriated when Fred arrives. Fred, unable to gamble because of his parole, sends George into the local Indian Casino to bet on Sunday's football game for him. George staggers inside and drunkenly puts it all on John Daly to win the British Open. When he doesn't come back Fred goes in looking for him and he's gone. Meanwhile Fred returns to the parking lot and the SUV is gone. Fred hitches a ride with a female high school acquaintance who helps find George buying beer at a 7-11. They wind up parking, all three of them, at a look out point like in High School and go to a house party with some teenagers - night ends badly.
Fred and George are on a fantasy-type winning streak at the Indian Casino. Indian Tribal Bosses start following them. Some big guys take George to a remote location after he's cashed in an incredible amount of money from the cage. They trace the betting back to Fred who's a known enemy of Indian gaming. They plot to do him in just as Fred discovers the casino is really run by some mob guys from Brooklyn- "gam-bingos.".
Ultimately: John Daly wins the British Open(300-1). Fred is set up by the "gam-bingos" and gets arrested for parole violations. He's sprung by John Daly and the final scene is a Super Bowl party where Fred loses a $1 bet but wins respect and true friendships. “I’ve never won so big on Super Bowl!”
Buddy Comedy
Fred, 38, is a former sports bookie who can't book anymore because of legal trouble.(Indian Tribal Gaming has put the independent bookies out of business.) With the bad economy and no employment history, he's working at the Coffee Grinder when the former love of his life, Jeanie, walks in. She asks Fred to spend some quality time with her brother explaining, "he's in really bad shape and heading for a divorce."
The night out with her brother, George, turns into an epic. George is inebriated when Fred arrives. Fred, unable to gamble because of his parole, sends George into the local Indian Casino to bet on Sunday's football game for him. George staggers inside and drunkenly puts it all on John Daly to win the British Open. When he doesn't come back Fred goes in looking for him and he's gone. Meanwhile Fred returns to the parking lot and the SUV is gone. Fred hitches a ride with a female high school acquaintance who helps find George buying beer at a 7-11. They wind up parking, all three of them, at a look out point like in High School and go to a house party with some teenagers - night ends badly.
Fred and George are on a fantasy-type winning streak at the Indian Casino. Indian Tribal Bosses start following them. Some big guys take George to a remote location after he's cashed in an incredible amount of money from the cage. They trace the betting back to Fred who's a known enemy of Indian gaming. They plot to do him in just as Fred discovers the casino is really run by some mob guys from Brooklyn- "gam-bingos.".
Ultimately: John Daly wins the British Open(300-1). Fred is set up by the "gam-bingos" and gets arrested for parole violations. He's sprung by John Daly and the final scene is a Super Bowl party where Fred loses a $1 bet but wins respect and true friendships. “I’ve never won so big on Super Bowl!”
Comments (14)
Lori Palm The plot's not what makes it fun, but the characters and voice. Do I want to see a love story about a down-on-his-luck bookie and a Mary Kay sales master mind? Yes. Sure bromances have been around town, but the plot also has a 40s screwball comedy feeling in its culmination . I'm charmed.
March 16, 2010William Stephens GOOD LUCK, it's almost over! :-)
March 8, 2010Josh McKenzie As mentioned in some of the previous reviews, there are some similarities to already existing movies, but with some proper changes it could work.
March 7, 2010Best of luck!
John Higgins The characters are solid, but I feel like I have seen them before in 'I Love You, Man'. I don't know where the term 'Man Date' came from, but 'I Love You, Man' made it popular, and this really feels like that movie's premise: someone with no friends needs a freind, but can't make one on his own.
February 27, 2010On the other hand, there are elements in the story that, if focused on, can make for an original story. Maybe his parole officer could take an interest in Clark's situation and be the one setting him up on Man Date's with upstanding people, but Clark decides to be a deadbeat instead? I don't know. The story seems flat, and unoriginal, but has some elements that you could explore and bring to the forefront, making it more original.
Amalia Zarranz great. funny. love the mary kay thing with the gamblers...high concept. these are my kind of people!
February 23, 2010Jessica Lawson This is getting fishy... All these reviews with no profiles? Everyone of them seems to think the exact same. "High concept"???
February 24, 2010Jay Rockberg This is like a retarded version of "I love you, Man."
February 23, 2010Justin Jones I liked the beginning, but the end with the trial and the plethora of character witnesses struck me as a Patch Adams, over the top sort of sympathy play. Farcical in nature, albeit, but still a cliche. Sort of like the last episode of Seinfeld, citing odd bits of date trivia as testimony in court, only... saving him rather than condemning him.
February 23, 2010Maybe have it be a ploy to use them men as surrogate gamblers from the get-go. Then you can have his character established as a bookie, and keep it consistent as he's always just looking for the next bet. The men will love him because he gives them a night out with a real rambunctious wild card, like it's a bachelor-party-on-demand sort of service. Something their wives would never let them do. They could be so "hen pecked" that they're depressed, then this night gets them jazzed up and ready to keep on keepin' on.
I think the comedy possible with this scenario is pretty evident, with the grown men basically acting like unruly teenagers who stole their dads car keys. And the drama could possibly come from the consequences of them going behind their wives backs, and maybe taking it too far... and romance... who knows?
You, hopefully! Good so far. Keep it up.
Jessica Lawson To me this sounds far too much like "Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo" ! As far as the characters go, they have been done to death! And I also didn't understand the reason to mention the pistachio thing?! You seemed to be vague about things that draw your audience in and very descriptive with things people would watch the movie to find out about!
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