Bottoms Up (Video 2006)

A Midwestern bartender ingratiates himself into the Hollywood system, finding love along the way.

Director:

Erik MacArthur

Writers:

Nick Ballo (original screenplay), Erik MacArthur (original screenplay)

Stars:

Jason Mewes, David Keith, Paris Hilton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Mewes	...	Owen Peadman
David Keith	...	Uncle Earl
Paris Hilton	...	Lisa Mancini
Brian Hallisay	...	Hayden Field
Jon Abrahams	...	Jimmy Desnappio
Phil Morris	...	Pip Wingo
Nicholle Tom	...	Penny Dhue
Raymond O'Connor	...	Frank Peadman
Desmond Harrington	...	Rusty #1
Kevin Smith	...	Rusty #2
Nick Nicotera	...	Nick (as Nic Nac)
Lindsay Gareth	...	Dorothy
Tim Thomerson	...	Aj Mancini
Dominic Daniel	...	Boots
Benjamin Anderson	...	Erik

Storyline

Owen Peadman is a Minnesota bartender who arrives in Los Angeles to try to help his father raise money to save his small restaurant. Owen shacks up with his very gay uncle Earl and tries to integrate himself into the high society of Hollywood where a chance run-in with a wealth socialite named Lisa Mancini and her uptight actor boyfriend Hayden Field where Owen, using a little influence and blackmail, gets a taste of the fast and sordid and scandalous lifestyles of the Hollywood upper crust while dealing with his growing romantic feelings he has for Lisa.

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Plot Keywords:

bartender | drugs | red carpet | sauna | crazy uncle | 

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Taglines:

Are you down for some Tinseltown partying?

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, nudity, language and drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Gibraltar Films

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 September 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

De Pernas pro Ar

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

47 Entertainment, Cameo FJ Entertainment, RSH Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At the 52 minute mark, Jason Mewes's character is exiting a car, while exiting, the arm and boom mic pole is clearly visible in the rear passenger side car window reflection.

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Quotes

Uncle Earl Peadman: Fuck me once, shame on you. Fuck me twice, you get the needle nose pliers bitch!

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Connections

References Tekken 5 (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Dirty Game"
Written by Matt Sherrod (as Matt Sherod), Michael Alemania, Blaine Gray and John Pratt
Published by Once Upon A Time Film Music

User Reviews

Creme de la Crap

I love bad movies. I do, I love watching them and laughing at their absurdity. This was a bad movie that I couldn't enjoy.

Maybe it was because I couldn't get passed my previous conceptions of the two leads. To me Paris Hilton is always Paris Hilton, for better or worse I cannot get "That's Hot" and Tinkerbelle and well everything else associated with her public persona. And Jason Mewes...he's Jay, I see him and I wonder where Silent Bob is. (As a side note Kevin Smith is in the film, although not silent, thank God, he's probably the funniest person in it!) And here I was thinking it was impossible to have worse chemistry than Hayden Christiansen and Natalie Portman in Episodes II and III...Oh boy was I wrong. Mewes and Hilton make them look like Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Not that they don't try their best. I can't help but think that this character Owen is closer to the real Mewes than Jay...He's silly and goofy but also a little sweet and incredibly loyal. As for Paris, she seems very uncomfortable as Lisa, which is strange because this is not a person I have ever seen feeling uncomfortable about anything.

Now on to the supporting cast, who I must say, are excellent. Like I said before Smith, as Owen's lazy farting best friend back home, is hysterical. The guy who plays Lisa's boyfriend Hayden is great. Also Owen's Uncle Earl is hysterical, as are the guys in Hayden's "posse" This is definitely worth the rental, but except crap...even from crap...