
It's Mickey's Birthday and his girlfriend just left him, so that's when his friend Clarence shows him a birthday he'll never forget.... (Full plot summary below)
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It's Mickey's Birthday and his girlfriend just left him, so that's when his friend Clarence shows him a birthday he'll never forget.
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| User ReviewDave Ithis is QT's very first movie, and an amazing one at that. this is the original script for what later became "True Romance" directed by tony scot. this is so much better though (even though i also like TR). this is EXTREMELY hard and rare to find a copy of, the only time i ever saw it was once on a bootleg website that no longer exists. it was originally about 70 minutes long, but due to a warehouse fire only about 34-37 minutes still exist. this film brings great dialogue, as QT always brings to the table. along with an interesting story that you can really get caught up in. i recommend this film to anyone who can find it and for any film buff to seek this film out anyway you can. |
| User ReviewEddie Gfor all those Quentin fans around world, it's must see movie to bad it's only 36minutes of this good movie, those 36 are better then too many otehr movies from 80's, great dialogues like always when Tarantino is included in movie, too abad this happend: "The original cut was about 70 minutes long but due to a fire only 36 minutes of the film survived. The 36 minute cut has been shown at several film festivals. It has never been officially released." |
| User ReviewLogan TIt's really a shame most of the film was burned in a studio fire as this movie is hysterical. |
| User ReviewDusk KYour ass is grass and I'm the lawnmower. |
| User ReviewAlex rQuentino Tarantino's earliest amateur film contains many of his future signatures - madcap characters in madcap situations, a high density of film and music references, and of course, hilarious, off-the-cuff dialogue. It also features a genuinely charismatic and irresistible performance from Tarantino himself. Its a pity that a fire destroyed part of this film and that only half of it remains. I couldn't get enough of it. |
| User ReviewSumanjit RThis is a heavily dialogue driven, 36 minute long narrative that's directed by the infamous Quentin Tarantino, incoherently tells the tale of Mickey Burnett, played by Craig Hamann, whom his girlfriend has just broken up with. If that wasn't enough to mess his day up, this event happens to fall on the day of his birthday, but by the friendly gesture from his best friend, Clarence Pool (Quentin Tarantino), he decides to pull off an unforgettable birthday party for him in an unconventional way. Sharp and nimble dialogue is the name of the game here. Admittedly, the narrative may come off as a rambling mess that fails to find a conclusion to its slim narrative. Regardless, the dialogue is so unequivocally witty and engaging that whatever the characters may be talking about, whether it may be small talk or a conversation of grandiose proportions, the writing keeps audience's eyes glued to the screen. As Tarantino's debut into the film industry, this was the perfect hallmark revolution for short and feature length films to come. Films, before and after the debut of this short, for the most part, failed and are failing to match up to the standards of outlandishly sharp writing found here. Even according to contemporary standards, Tarantino continues to be an unconventionally masterful writer and director with the likes of Pulp Fiction, which is arguably considered as one of the greatest films in American cinema, and the rest of his profoundly epic filmography. In other words, the cinematic golden nuggets that are found in his superb feature films are found glimmering in this film. It can even be arguably said that this short film is an experimental film that toys around with the art of engaging conversation, no matter how dreadfully slim the narrative may be. Nevertheless, this is an atypical short that harbors and foreshadows the splendid elements from great feature films to come from the innovative mind of Tarantino. |
| User ReviewTom MWhile it is crudely done it is in my opinion one of Quentin Tarantio's best and funniest performances. |
| User ReviewBrandon SHalarious and so much fun! It's just a shame the film burnt before it finished, but then again, this film became a set up for True Romance almost by accident which is quite something. Defently worth a couple watches. |
| User ReviewClemens HI'm pretty sure I would have liked that movie. What a pity it's not complete anymore. |
| User ReviewNikolai E1st home-made by Tanarntino... a true of expression of what we later saw in hius movies. accidently burnt by fire, the incomplete version was saved. Not commercially available on DVD or any other media. if some1 wants a copy contact me! ;-) |