The Slammin' Salmon (2009)

The owner of a Miami restaurant indebted to the mob institutes a contest to see what waiter can earn the most money in one night.

Director:

Kevin Heffernan

Writers:

Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan,

Stars:

Kevin Heffernan, Jeff Chase, Jay Chandrasekhar

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Heffernan	...	Rich Parente
Jeff Chase	...	Anthony
Carla Gallo	...	Stacy
Paul Soter	...	Dave / Donnie
Michael Yurchak	...	Jamie the Line Chef
Nat Faxon	...	Carl the Manager
Jolie Martin	...	Waitress
Erik Stolhanske	...	Guy
Jay Chandrasekhar	...	Nuts
April Bowlby	...	Mia
Cobie Smulders	...	Tara
Steve Lemme	...	Connor
Carrie Clifford	...	Patty the Hostess
Will Forte	...	Horace the Lone Diner
Rosalie Ward	...	Merlot Customer

Storyline

The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon, now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most money in one night: the winner stands to gain $10,000, while the loser will endure a beating at the hands of the champ.

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Plot Keywords:

salmon | fish | waiter | restaurant | contest | 

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Taglines:

Bring a bib, it's gonna get messy

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language and sexual references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 January 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Oi asteiatores

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$26,167 (USA) (11 December 2009)

Gross:

$41,588 (USA) (29 January 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broken Lizard Industries, Cataland Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Lance Henriksen plays a television producer named Dick Lobo; this character is supposedly based on Law & Order creator Dick Wolf. Lobo means wolf in Spanish.

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Goofs

Early in the movie when Connor is telling his story about Morgan Fairchild, the hostess seats the restaurant's first customer in Guy's section. After Connor's story, the hostess tells Connor that she sat somebody in his section also. While Connor is waiting on the couple, Nuts announces the entrance of the Champ. During so, we can see that the restaurant is now heavily occupied instead of having only two tables occupied.

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Quotes

Cleon Salmon: Tell him to let me use the suite for free or I'll shove his ass up his ass!

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Connections

Spoofs CSI: Miami (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Sombrero"
Written by Danny Amis Eddie Angel Jimmy Lester Pete Curry
Performed by Los Straitjackets

User Reviews

A better than average comedy, but it does not live up to Super Troopers.

I really want to like Broken Lizard's movies, Super Troopers is one of the best comedies I have ever seen, but none of their subsequent movies even comes close to matching it. In The Slammin' Salmon the waitstaff of a high end seafood restaurant compete against each other to win $10,000 for selling the most food in one night. The eccentric former heavyweight boxer turned restaurant owner (Michael Clark Duncan) is amusing throughout the movie, as are the waitstaff themselves, but only for the last 40 min or so of the film. The big problem with The Slammin' Salmon is that it takes too long to really get going. Its not until the waitstaff finally get fired up about the contest and start sabotaging each other the film becomes truly funny. It's not a bad movie, and it is pretty funny at times, but it really could have been so much better.