Duets (2000)

A professional karaoke hustler reconnects with his daughter and a bored suburban businessman turns outlaw karaoke singer, among other plotlines.

Director:

Bruce Paltrow

Writer:

John Byrum

Stars:

Huey Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Gwyneth Paltrow

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lochlyn Munro	...	Ronny Jackson
Carol Alexander	...	Beth the Hostess
Michael Rogers	...	Tulsa Bartender
Huey Lewis	...	Ricky Dean
Amanda Kravat	...	Redhead
Paul Giamatti	...	Todd Woods
Ian Robison	...	Sales Guy
Roger Haskett	...	Sales Guy
John Payne	...	Sales Guy
Scott Speedman	...	Billy
Tom Bougers	...	Desk Sergeant
Marian Seldes	...	Harriet Gahagan
Angie Phillips	...	Arlene
Steve Oatway	...	Ralph Beckerman
Erika von Tagen	...	Julie (as Erika Von Tagen)

Storyline

Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. There's the struggling singer who dreams of making it to the big time, a frustrated salesman who ends up on an unexpected road trip, the dysfunctional family performers which includes a con-artist and his long lost daughter, and an escaped convict with the voice of an angel. All roads lead to Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars come together for a blow-out sing-off.

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Plot Keywords:

karaoke | singer | convict | salesman | ambition | 

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Taglines:

Six lost souls in search of a little harmony.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 November 2000 (Italy)

Also Known As:

A dúo

Filming Locations:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£92,746 (UK) (17 November 2000)

Gross:

ESP 12,657,983 (Spain) (29 June 2001)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hollywood Pictures, Seven Arts Pictures, Beacon Communications

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Maya Rudolph' and Maria Bello's first time acting together. They later appeared together in Grown Ups, too.

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Goofs

When Liv is confronting Ricky in his hotel room, standing outside his bathroom door, the camera shows Liv from behind with only a small strand of hair down her back. In a subsequent cut to this angle, there is a large chunk of hair flowing down her back.

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Quotes

Todd Woods: Sorry Candy, I'm going out for a pack of cigarettes.
Candy: But Todd, You don't smoke!

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Connections

Featured in Hollywood's Top Ten: Gwyneth Paltrow Movies (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Feeling Alright"
Written by Dave Mason
Produced by Larry Klein
Performed by Huey Lewis

User Reviews

I just wanted to sing

This film is for all them people who can sing who are too shy to get up on that karaoke. Its just great, this movie follows 6 very different characters who are desperately trying to find something meaningful in their life. Paul Giamatti works his typically excellent midlife crisis routine once more to bring some raw emotion to this well acted and superbly sung movie.

Through this karaoke medium these six persons lives intertwine to essentially meet at the microphone for a cash prize.The film is very character based rather than plot,and why not when you can get great performances out your actors.I was expecting the singing performances to be OK,but they were so much more,they sizzled and wowed.

My advice,rent this movie and get on that karaoke "YEAH"