Middle Men (2009)

Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.

Director:

George Gallo

Writers:

George Gallo, Andy Weiss

Stars:

Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, Gabriel Macht

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Luke Wilson	...	Jack Harris
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Wayne Beering
Gabriel Macht	...	Buck Dolby
James Caan	...	Jerry Haggerty
Jacinda Barrett	...	Diana Harris
Kevin Pollak	...	Curt Allmans
Laura Ramsey	...	Audrey Dawns
Rade Serbedzija	...	Nikita Sokoloff
Terry Crews	...	James
Kelsey Grammer	...	Frank Griffin
Graham McTavish	...	Ivan Sokoloff
Robert Forster	...	Louie LA LA
John Ashton	...	Morgan
Jason Antoon	...	Denny Z
Martin Kove	...	US Senator

Storyline

Wayne Beering and Buck Dolby are drugged out geniuses with lots of ideas but they can never seem to get their act together. But when they come up with the idea to create a porn site - and charge for it (the first ever site to do so), their idea may be too lucrative for them to handle. Straight-laced business man, Jack Harris, is brought in to team up with them and turn their profitable idea into a legit business. Making money in the pornography industry is pretty easy, but staying true to yourself when surrounded by that much wealth, luxury, sex, crime and temptations, is much harder.

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Plot Keywords:

mobster | wealth | drug addict | internet | older man younger woman | 

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Taglines:

In 1995, music was still bought in record stores. There was a VCR in every house. And you couldn't buy anything online ... until they came along.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

MySpace Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 November 2010 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Arabulucu

Filming Locations:

Avondale, Arizona, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$325,641 (USA) (6 August 2010)

Gross:

$723,714 (USA) (20 August 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Mallick Media, Oxymoron Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on the true story of Christopher Mallick, one of the producers of the movie. He still owns an internet billing company.

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Goofs

(at around 1 min) Wayne and Buck walk past two cars while going into the strip club. The last time stamp says this is taking place in 1997. But the two cars they walk by are a Saleen S7 that wasn't in production until 2000, and a Ferrari F430 that was made before 2004.

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Quotes

Jack Harris: I'm just a business man.
Nikita Sokoloff: Aren't we all?

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Connections

References Splendor in the Grass (1961)

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Soundtracks

"Sympathy For The Devil"
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Performed by The Rolling Stones
Courtesy of ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Seriously underrated, action/comedy/drama

A movie about family values, about vices and how people succumb to them, a movie about money and power and the fact that there's never "enough".

A beautifully crafted piece of work that keeps you in pretty much throughout. Performance is great from Luke Wilson and the story goes seamless.

One little, probably needless, piece of action that I didn't quite understand why it was there, is the confusion at the end with Russian mafia taking the wrong "thing", but it's probably just me and it's not that bad anyway.

Definitely deserves more than the actual 6.7 it's got. Also recommend "Limitless" and "Fracture".