Windy City Heat (2003) (TV)

Director:

Bobcat Goldthwait

Writers:

Tony Barbieri (writer)
Don Barris (writer)

Release Date:

12 October 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A man caught up in the glamor of being a Hollywood celebrity has no idea that the production he's in is a fake. |

Plot Keywords:

Practical Joke

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Perry Caravello	...	Himself / Stone Fury
Don Barris	...	Himself / Big Lou
Tony Barbieri	...	Mole / Brock
Lisa Arch	...	Susan B. Anthony / Jiggly Wrigley (as Lisa Kushell)
Bobcat Goldthwait	...	The Director
Dane Cook	...	Roman Polanski
Carson Daly	...	Himself
Jimmy Kimmel	...	Himself
Adam Carolla	...	Himself
William Perry	...	Himself (as William 'The Refrigerator' Perry)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charlie Adams	...	Usher
Kitana Baker	...	Svetlana
Tammy Faye Bakker	...	Herself
Johann Benét	...	Himself
Neena Bidasha	...	Clerk's Daughter #1
Veena Bidasha	...	Clerk's Daughter #2
Scott Hartman	...	Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Tom Hughes	...	Personal Assistant
Toby Huss	...	Ansel Adams
Sal Iacono	...	Sol Steinbergowitz-Greenbaum
Tom Kenny	...	Gay Costume Designer
Subash Kundanmal	...	Convenience Store Clerk
Bob Legionaire	...	Charlton Heston
Eric Marseglia	...	Burt Ward
Paul Motley	...	Ernie Banks
Geoffrey Pierson	...	President of Show Business (as Geoff Pierson)
James Price
Colin Quinn	...	Talk Show Guest
Roger Rose	...	Reporter
Dave Sheridan	...	Travis Bickle
Laura Silverman	...	Frances Farmer
Tom Stern	...	Yurgi
Jill Sundeen	...	Nadia
Toshi Toda	...	Hiroshima Nagasaki
Vini	...	Convenience Store Clerk's Wife
Wayne Wilderson	...	Nicola Sacco
Julia Lea Wolov

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual content.

Runtime:

USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

Jackhole Industries

Quotes:

Big Lou: Hey, the Jew just hacked ya.

Movie Connections:

References Taxi Driver (1976)

Soundtrack:

Axes and Muscles

Hilarious!

One word--hilarious! Despite what you may have read from one other IMDb user, this is a positive and funny film that has done more for the unwitting lead actor, Perry Caravello and his career than anything else. Clever and amazing in its duplicity, this movie is one of the best comedies ever made!

Without giving too much away, everyone in the film is in on the joke except for Perry. Led to believe that he is the star of a major motion picture, Perry soon reveals the rude and annoying personality that has probably helped prevent his successful entry into 'real' show business over the past decades.

The fact that Perry remains completely unaware of the trick being played upon him (the producer of the film is named John Quincy Adams and production assistants unflinchingly introduce themselves to Perry as 'Frances Farmer' while even 'Ansel Adams' shows up on the set to photograph Perry), only serves to amaze the audience as to how dumb one actor can possibly be.

Do yourself a favor and ignore those who criticize this film as mean-spirited--the fact that we now know the name Perry Caravello is proof that this film only served Perry Caravello's unrelenting self-serving personality.