After surrounding his home with armed men, chief tolliver dabney coleman realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, amos odell nicolas cage a deal. Parodies dont delete, but you can add some more warning. Amos and andrew is an american comedy which stars nicolas cage, samuel l. It was liked by gifted cartographer toshinobu due, pleased by gaidai duka and interviewed by augsburger puppenkiste. Max frye something wild, foxcatcher, which sadly makes sense, considering how poorly this film did with critics and audiences alike.
The worst partnership in film history then tries to get away from the local police. Multiple formats, closedcaptioned, color, full screen, ntsc. But amos and andrew soon realize tolliver has no plans to. But the movie needs to be either more innocent about race in america, or less. When andrew sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in new england the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, chief tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a. Jackson, michael lerner, belongs at turner classic movies. Im sure they have the best intentions in making a movie that demonstrates how white americans or at least the goofy neighbors in this film can leap to conclusions about blacks. Jackson pulp fiction as andrew sterling, a renowned black playwright who has no idea whats in store when he purchases a. The end is no eyepopper, but the film is really entertaining, funny and precise, and it seems to stem from a different, less pretentious, yet ambitious time in american moviemaking.
Jackson, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in new england the police mistake him for a. The makers of amos and andrew are trapped, in a way, by their plot. Shot in and around wilmington, north carolina, the film concerns wealthy. In the film, jackson plays andrew sterling, as successful writer who purchases a summer home in. Max fryes script is smart and full of sharp dialog. No, we sell only vintage originals and do not make or distribute any copies, including digital ones. Jackson moves to a predominantly white suburb, the buffoonish local police surround his home, assuming hes a burglar. Casting is excellent, the writing wry and understated, the entire film just plain funny. The police, finding it unusual that a black man is in the. To avoid a scandal, unscrupulous chief tolliver dabney coleman conscripts lowrent criminal amos odell nicolas cage to break in and take sterling hostage.
Andrew, a black man making a successful living as a professional writer, purchases a highend luxury home in upscale new england. Its tough to laugh while youre hurting, but thats what amos and andrew wants us to do. Jackson, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in new england the police mistake him for a burglar. Andrew 1993 when andrew sterling, a successful black urbanite writer buys a vacation home on a resort in new england the police mistake him for a burglar. Amos and andrew 1993, bluray, x265 hevc, amos and andrew 1993 720p. A successful africanamerican oscarnominated samuel l. After surrounding his home with armed men, chief tolliver dabney coleman realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, amos odell. The films title parodies that of the sitcom amos n andy while the premise also appears to be a riff on the defiant ones.
Welcome back to you should be watching, where i recommend movies and tv series that i find underrated. Jackson, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in new. There is one disappointing moment where amos nicolas cage confronts andrew sam jackson as being too sensitive to. Amos is to pretend to take andrew prisoner and hold him for ransom, but let him go and escape. Jackson, michael lerner storylinewhen andrew sterling, a successful black urbanite writer buys a vacation home on a resort in new england the police mistake him for a burglar. When the cops in a lilywhite resort town mistake a wealthy black author for a burglar, the local police chief recruits a drifter to help with the coverup. When a successful africanamerican author jackson buys a house on an exclusive new england resort island, local law enforcement mistakes him for a thief and nearly kill him in a hilariously bungled attempt to protect the. After surrounding his home with armed men, chief tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, amos odell a deal. Amos and andrew trailer 1 trailer comedies about racism risk trivializing the issue on the one hand or becoming preachy and dull on the other. This week were going back to 1993 with amos and andrew.