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Free Enterprise (1998) -- US Home Video Trailer from Regent Entertainment
Free Enterprise (1998) -- US Home Video Trailer from Regent Entertainment

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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   2,275 votes
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Writers:
Mark A. Altman (writer) &
Robert Meyer Burnett (writer)
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Release Date:
4 June 1999 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The Shat hits the fan more
Plot:
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Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination more
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User Comments:
Surprisingly good and satisfying! more (99 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Eric McCormack ... Mark

Carl Bressler ... Mort Berg
Ethan Glazer ... Young Mark
Phyllis Franklin ... Ticket Taker

Brandon Kleyla ... Young Kevin

Thomas Hobson ... Richard
Marilyn Kentz ... Gail - Mark's Mom
Spencer Klein ... Young Robert
Mickey Cassidy ... Bully
Rafer Weigel ... Robert

Jennifer Sommerfield ... Tricia

Tricia Cruz ... Mexican Waitress (as Latricia Cruz)
Annika Brindley ... Astrid

William Shatner ... Bill
Michael Altman ... Eden Waiter
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality and language.
Runtime:
113 min | 121 min (extended version)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
William Shatner wears the bomber jacket and flight cap he wore as the U.S. Air Force colonel from _"Twelve O'Clock High" (1964)_ after overhearing Mark and Robert's discussion about him. more
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Plot holes: The movie takes place in 1998 just before Mark's 30th birthday party, putting his birthday in 1968. However, in the flashback scene of Mark trying to get into Star Trek: The Motion Picture Mark says his age is 12 when asked by the women in the ticket stand, despite the fact that Star Trek: The Motion Picture was released in 1979 and the movie itself says 19 years earlier. This would make Mark already 30 by the time the film is taking place in 1998. more
Quotes:
Dan: Maybe she's like Catherine Tremell in "Basic Instinct", you know? One day she's just going to plunge an ice pick into his nose.
Mark: He'd probably enjoy that. Killed by a naked blonde who doesn't wear underwear to the strains of a Jerry Goldsmith score. Come to think of it, I'd sort of dig that myself.
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Movie Connections:
References Jaws (1975) more
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Miami more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Surprisingly good and satisfying!, 15 November 2002
Author: Brother Kneumsi from Tustin, California

When this movie was in theaters I thought I might watch it because I was a Star Trek Fan, but decided not to put much effort into it because it appeared to be about lonely geeks obsessed with Sci-Fi.

I was wrong.

Free Enterprise is a remarkably funny film featuring interesting, respectable characters who are professionals, AND love Star Trek.

This movie is for all those guys out there who have girlfriends, who don't dress as Mister Spock, or live in their parents' basement amid tons of old comic books, but are still Star Trek fans.

But fans aside, this is a really well crafted comedy. It's not for kids, but just about anyone else will be able to find something to like in it. It's a very atypical screwball comedy with a lot of intelligence within it.

Whether you're a Sci-Fi fan or a Sci-Fi detractor, it makes no difference. This is a smart, funny film with something to love. Give it a shot.

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