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Director:

Quentin Tarantino

Writers:

Craig Hamann (written by)
Quentin Tarantino (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Short more

Plot:

It's Mickey's Birthday and his girlfriend just left him, so that's when his friend Clarence shows him a birthday he'll never forget. | add synopsis

NewsDesk:

In My Opinion: Ranking the Films of Quentin Tarantino
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 17 August 2009, 3:11 AM, PDT)

User Comments:

Not bad, enjoyable if you're a fan of QT. more (11 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)
Craig Hamann ... Mickey Burnett

Quentin Tarantino ... Clarence Pool
Crystal Shaw ... Misty
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Allen Garfield ... Entertainment Magnate
Al Harrell ... Clifford
Brenda Hillhouse ... Wife

Linda Kaye ... Ex-Girlfriend
Stevo Polyi ... Deejay
Alan Sanborn ... Nutmeg, Radio Station Receptionist
Rich Turner ... Oliver Brandon
Rowland Wafford ... Lenny Otis
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Additional Details

Runtime:

USA:69 min | 34 min (surviving fragments)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Actor Allen Garfield was teaching Quentin Tarantino acting at the time, and that is how he also became involved in the project. Filmed over three years, from 1984-1987. more

Quotes:

Oliver Brandon: [coming out of Mickey's bathroom, covering his nose] Man, whoo! Talk about dropping a cheese bomb!
[sniff]
Oliver Brandon: I wouldn't go in there for about an hour if I was you.
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Movie Connections:

References It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) more

Soundtrack:

Nadine more


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Not bad, enjoyable if you're a fan of QT., 2 June 2008
10/10
Author: Vincent Cadena from California

This is an interesting short directed and written by Quentin Tarantino. As he's stated in interviews this movie was his film school. Some of the dialog, scenes and names he would reuse in True Romance. The soundtrack is great by the way and the look is not unlike other low budget films of the 80s, think Shes Gotta Have it. The acting is weak but it's to be expected from a film like this. I gave this film a ten because I think the rating is too low, it deserves a 6. My favorite line was "Your ass is grass and I'm the Lawnmower!". Anyways it's a fun little movie and if you're a Tarantino fan, you should get some enjoyment out of it.

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