Cattle Call (2006)

A guy starts a fake casting agency in hopes that he will meet his soul mate.

Director:

Martin Guigui

Writer:

Martin Guigui

Stars:

Thomas Ian Nicholas, Jenny Mollen, Nicole Eggert

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thomas Ian Nicholas	...	Ritchie Rey
Jenny Mollen	...	Marina Dell
Nicole Eggert	...	Laurel Canyon
Diedrich Bader	...	Glenn Dale
Andrew Katos	...	Sherman Oaks
Chelsea Handler	...	Nikita
Jonathan Winters	...	Thomas the Studio Tour Guide
Paul Mazursky	...	Judge Mendel
Lisa Arturo	...	Reseda Camarillo
Tanjareen Thomas	...	Juicy Ventura (as Tanjareen Martin)
Suzan Brittan	...	Holly Hill
Rudy De Luca	...	Newsstand Attendant (as Rudy Deluca)
John Capodice	...	Public Defender
John Mariano	...	District Attorney
Jack Maxwell	...	Lenny Lacks

Storyline

In Los Angeles, three guys with limited social lives hatch a plan to meet women: they'll issue a casting call for an independent film, interview actresses, and ask out the ones who interest them. Glenn is a nerd, but he has the office. Sherman has the idea--he's a hound, happy to lie, eager to meet and bed as many women as he can fool. Ritchie, who owns the camera, hopes to meet his true love. Within a few days, he's fallen for Marina Dell, new in town with a boyfriend back East; Glenn is gaga for Laurel, and Sherman can't say no to the adventurous Nikita. How long can they sustain the fiction, and what about real feelings?

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Plot Keywords:

casting couch | mini dress | breasts | scantily clad female | cleavage | 

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Taglines:

The casting couch just got caught.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several characters have names shared with (similar to) cities (or areas) in California: Glen Dale, Sherman Oaks, Laurel Canyon, Reseda Camarillo, Juicy Ventura and Marina Dell (Rey), Holly(wood) Hill(s) and Beverly Will (Hills)

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Goofs

When Ritchie is walking down Hollywood Blvd, many of the people in the street appear to be staring at the camera crew that is following him rather than just being extras.

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Quotes

Nikita: I've had sex with a midget so I'm game.

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Connections

References Gold Diggers (2003)

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Soundtracks

Foggin Up The Sheets
Written by Martin Guigui & Thomas Baraka DiCandia
Performed by Martian Tommy
Sunset Artists Music (ASCAP)

User Reviews

A fake casting agency goes awry when the goods they are to deliver appear not to exist

A very funny comedy that will appeal to most adults, I thought Diedrich Bader, Thomas Ian Nicholas and Johnathen Winters stood out in the movie with their very keen senses of humor. Paul Mazursky played the perfect overbearing hapless judge, overall just a great supporting cast, a lot of laughs from beginning to end! The storyline is completely believable in that a desperate guy played by Thomas Ian Nicholas aided by his good buddies that he also convinces to assist him and themselves,{they don't need to much convincing mind you} to cook up a scheme to "meet as many women/girls as possible, by putting advertisements in the paper and creating a fake casting call for a movie that really doesn't exist! A person definitely gets the sense that this cooked up idea may have been attempted in the past by " guys looking to meet and date as many women as they can". Ask any producer or director and they will tell you that casting calls routinely can draw literally hundreds if not thousands of people that want to audition for parts.I have seen most of the National Lampoons and this rates up there for believability,acting skills, realism and humor. At the premiere I happened to sit next to a very well known "movie critic" and for what it's worth he gave it "two thumbs up"!!! "A MUST SEE SLEEPER COMEDY THAT WILL BE COMING OUT IN THE THEATRES IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 07 !!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 May 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's Cattle Call

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$2,625,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Astrablu Media, National Lampoon, Susan Johnston Casting

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min (DVD)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1