Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and analyzing their relationships with women.
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| Adrian Pasdar | ... | Josh | |
| Paige Turco | ... | Gina | |
| Arabella Field | ... | Lori - Phil's Wife | |
| Dana Wheeler-Nicholson | ... | Kathryn | |
| Mia Sara | ... | Cynthia | |
| Jon Cryer | ... | Mark | |
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Adam Oliensis | ... | Phil |
| Kristin Scott Thomas | ... | Caroline | |
| Tim Guinee | ... | Runyon | |
| Kristen Wilson | ... | Tasha | |
| Lianna Pai | ... | Ting (as Liana Pai) | |
| John Norman Thomas | ... | Cabbie | |
| John Hoyt | ... | Big Toe (as John Glen Hoyt) | |
| Charlie Murphy | ... | Saxophone Man | |
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Helen Haft | ... | Real Estate Broker |
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Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and analyzing their relationships with women. Written by John Allison <johna@cs.colorado.edu>
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26 July 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Manny Mohr (as M. Mohr), Jamie Principle (as J. Principle) & O. Lollind
Performed by Bongo Boys
Courtesy of S.O.S. Records/Zoo Entertainment
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The title phrase was taken from two songs by Steve Miller; the mysterious word "pompatus" was originally spelled "pompitous" in the printed lyrics. But it originally comes from the Medallions' 1954 song "The Letter", written by Vernon Green when he was 14. Green explained in the 1990s that the word actually began with "puppet" and was a term he'd made up for "a secret paper-doll fantasy figure, who would be my everything and bear my children". See more »Soundtracks
CavemanWritten by Manny Mohr (as M. Mohr), Jamie Principle (as J. Principle) & O. Lollind
Performed by Bongo Boys
Courtesy of S.O.S. Records/Zoo Entertainment
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The movie has no great insights, and the style is somewhat derivative, but the performances are pretty good, and it is watchable. My primary complaint is that the best character in the movie is a woman that appears in the last half and gets relatively little screen time even after that. The movie Swingers has a similar subject, and is much better.