Patti Rocks (1988)

It's Christmas time in the twin cities. Billy's working a lot of overtime, running barges on the Mississippi. He calls his friend Eddie, whom he hasn't seen in six months, and asks a favor:... See full summary »

Director:

David Burton Morris

Writers:

John Jenkins, Karen Landry,

Stars:

Ralph Estlie, John Jenkins, Karen Landry

1 win & 6 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ralph Estlie	...	Old Drunk
John Jenkins	...	Eddie Jenks
Karen Landry	...	Patti Rocks
Joy Langer	...	Steambeast's daughter
Mae Mayhew	...	Old Lady
Joe Minjares	...	Chicano mechanic
Chris Mulkey	...	Billy Regis
Buffy Sedlachek	...	Steambeast
Ken Tronnes	...	Drunk couple in bar
Sally Tronnes	...	Drunk couple in bar
David Turk	...	Barge Worker
Stephen Yoakam	...	Bartender

Storyline

It's Christmas time in the twin cities. Billy's working a lot of overtime, running barges on the Mississippi. He calls his friend Eddie, whom he hasn't seen in six months, and asks a favor: to drive with him to see his pregnant girlfriend, Patti, because Billy hasn't told her he's married and already has two children. The road trip of guy talk becomes a night of truths exchanged between men and women.

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Plot Keywords:

girlfriend | misogynist | male chauvinist | profanity | male frontal nudity | 

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Taglines:

Just when you thought sex was no laughing matter.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 April 1989 (France)

Also Known As:

Patti Rocks - Sex macht Spaß

Filming Locations:

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$345,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

FilmDallas Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In one scene, Chris Mulkey shows a photo of his two children and mentions that their names are Amelia and Elizabeth. In real life, Mulkey has two daughters with the same names.

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Goofs

When Patti turns her hand mirror around a crew member with a mustache is briefly reflected in it.

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Crazy Credits

After the final credits Patti is shown sitting in bed looking at the Polaroid photo she took of Billy and Eddie.

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Connections

Follows Loose Ends (1976)

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Soundtracks

"Asleep at the Wheel"
Written by Mike Rivard and Doug Maynard

User Reviews

Try It IF the Opportunity Arises

We whine about extravagant cute foppishness by the brothers Coen, but bury straight sweet refreshing slaps in our supersilly faces like this $350,000 wonder, also generated in/from the northmidwest? Why? Superficially woman-unfriendly, but at least two females have watched it all the way through & rated it for imdb, granting an average of 8. I would go a little higher than that, but wonder how much how we REALLY seem/act/are interests us. Viewer inexperience in working class taverns may limit appreciation/recognition. A gem.