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Free Enterprise (1998)
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Two less than successful film producers, approaching mid-life crisis and clinging to their nerdy sci-fi obsessions, suddenly meet their idol: William Shatner. Director:Robert Meyer Burnett |
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Mark
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Mort Berg
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Ethan Glazer | ... |
Young Mark
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Phyllis Franklin | ... |
Ticket Taker
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Young Kevin
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Richard
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Marilyn Kentz | ... |
Gail - Mark's Mom
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Spencer Klein | ... |
Young Robert
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| Mickey Cassidy | ... |
Bully
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Rafer Weigel | ... |
Robert
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| Jennifer Sommerfield | ... |
Tricia
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| Tricia Cruz | ... |
Mexican Waitress
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Annika Brindley | ... |
Astrid
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| William Shatner | ... |
Bill
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Michael Altman | ... |
Eden Waiter
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Young filmmakers (Rafer Weigel, Eric McCormack) trying to hawk a movie titled "Bradykillers" about a serial killer who goes after victims Marcia, Jan, and Cindy meet their screen idol, William Shatner. Shatner, appearing as himself, has fun poking fun at his own image. The two young men, who idolize him and in their fantasies have seen him as a shadowy fairy godfather figure, are alarmed at the reality of the middle-aged non-Captain Kirk man that they meet. However, their relationship helps anchor the two more into reality. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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Opening Weekend:
$13,086 (USA) (6 June 1999) (9 Screens)Gross:
$30,229 (USA)Company Credits
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Young Mark: Oh, Mom, how many times do I have to tell you? "Track" is what a train goes on, okay? "Trek" is what the Enterprise goes on, okay?
Mark's Mom: Yeah, and they say the pain of childbirth ends with labor.
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Written by 'Buddy Buie', HR Cobb, Mike Shapiro, Harry Middlebrooks and Bertine Zetlitz
Performed by Bertine Zetlitz (as Bertine)
Artist Courtesy of Nettwerk Productions/EMI Norway See more »
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William Shatner originally turned down the role as himself. In the original script, Shatner was written as an imaginary mentor who would appear to Mark in times of trouble. But Shatner requested his character to be flawed and more human which is why he portrays himself as a pompous, lonely drunk in the film. The writers used several anecdotes told by Shatner. The original idea was kept in one scene in which appears to Mark as a child. See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
Mark's Mom: Mark, Mark, what are you doing here? I thought you were supposed to go to that movie - that "Star Track" movie.Young Mark: Oh, Mom, how many times do I have to tell you? "Track" is what a train goes on, okay? "Trek" is what the Enterprise goes on, okay?
Mark's Mom: Yeah, and they say the pain of childbirth ends with labor.
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"Apples & Diamonds"Written by 'Buddy Buie', HR Cobb, Mike Shapiro, Harry Middlebrooks and Bertine Zetlitz
Performed by Bertine Zetlitz (as Bertine)
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