P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! (2002)

An actor holds a burglar hostage on New Year's Eve, after his girlfriend leaves him and his cat dies.

Director:

Steve Guttenberg

Writers:

Steve Guttenberg, James Kirkwood Jr. (play)

Stars:

Steve Guttenberg, Cynthia Watros, Lombardo Boyar

Cast

Cast overview:
Lombardo Boyar	...	Eddie Tesoro
Steve Guttenberg	...	Jimmy Zoole
Cynthia Watros	...	Kate
A.J. Benza	...	Carmine
Tom Wright	...	Fred Gable
Shirley Knight	...	Aunt Claire
Kenneth Moskow	...	Stewart Thomas
Paul Dillon	...	Pidgeon
Fred Medrano	...	Stanley
Ann Guttenberg	...	Lady at Party
Stanley Guttenberg	...	Man on Bus
Kim Marriner	...	TV Announcer
Patsy Fitzgerald	...	First Veterinarian
Christopher Vogler	...	Second Veterinarian
Lisa Popeil	...	911 Operator (voice)

Storyline

Jimmy (Steve Guttenberg) and Kate (Cynthia Watros) are in the middle of a break-up and completely oblivious to the fact that they're being robbed, by a gay guy. Kate splits, leaving Jimmy alone in the house with the burglar (Lombardo Boyar). They confront one another, start talking, and suddenly Jimmy's wondering if he's really, you know, "sensitive".

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Plot Keywords:

vomiting | watching tv | break up | gay | show | 

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Taglines:

Life. Love. And a little payback

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, drug and sexual content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 February 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Por cierto, tu gato ha muerto

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,500, 19 January 2003, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$28,454, 20 March 2003

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mr. Kirby Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 88 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When he gives Eddie his New Year's smoke, Jimmy sets the pack of cigarettes down twice.

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Quotes

Jimmy Zoole: What did you do with the pages in the metal box?... My book?
Eddie Tesoro: That was a book? I thought it was toilet paper. If you let me up, I'll show you how I walked for a week. Your book gave me a rash.

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Connections

References Jerry Springer (1991)

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Soundtracks

Crystal Blue Persuasion
Written by Ed Gray (as Eddie Morley Gray), Tommy James (as Thomas Gregory Jackson) and Mike Vale
Performed by Culture Club
Used by permission of EMI Longitude Music

User Reviews

Small, personal movie --very like an off-Broadway play.

This is a small film dealing with people going through breakdowns of various relationships. The main character is on the verge of being evicted from his apartment, having his girl-friend leaving him for another man, learning that his feline companion has died from a urinary infection at the vet's, and being burgled for a second time in two day's.

Steve Guttenberg does a super job as Jimmy, the main character. In fact, the entire cast does excellent work, especially, Ms Watrous, as the Jimmy's girl friend, and Lombardy, the young actor who plays the burglar.

The sense of outrage and loss which Jimmy feels comes across powerfully, as he takes his frustration out on the captured burglar who is bound and strapped semi-nude over the kitchen sink. What could have become ludicrous becomes very touching as each of them slowly realizes that they have much more in common than they could ever have realized. They are each others salvation! (Actually, it seems that the core of this awareness has been edited out because things happen a little too quickly! Several lines don't make sense)

I would say that the film does not go far enough in conveying the emotion that is developing between Jimmy and the burglar. There is a holding back which does not seem realistic. Even on the special feature section of the DVD the cast was responding to the final scenes and began shouting out comments as to the lack of physical expression between the two men.