Main Cast: Jamie Foxx, Nia Long, Barry Corbin, Eduardo Yañez, John Cullum, Jake Busey
Release Year: 2000
Country: US
Run Time: 89 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
In this fish-out-of-water comedy, Jamie Foxx plays a man named Michael Dawson, though he's confused for both Puff Daddy and Mike Tyson by the citizenry of the podunk southwest town that serves as the setting for Held Up. Road-tripping Michael and Rae (Nia Long) stop in for gas in Michael's new vintage roadster, but she grabs a ride to the airport with a truck full of cowboys after learning he blew more than 10,000 dollars earmarked for buying a home on the automobile. Moments later, Michael loses the car as well when a youth cons him out of the keys. Just when his day couldn't get any worse, Michael lands in the middle of a botched hold-up by amateurs trying to knock over the convenience store. All variety of local law enforcement, from the sheriff (Barry Corbin) to truckloads of unofficial shotgun-toting "deputies," quickly descends on the scene. Michael tries to sweet-talk the frightened gunman (Eduardo Yanez), befriend his fellow hostages (Sarah Paulson and John Cullum), and plan how to reach the airport before Rae's flight leaves, all while not getting shot by the hair triggers inside and outside the store. The film was produced and originally publicized under the title "Inconvenienced." ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
Marion Pon - Supervising Art Director, Mary Vernieu - Casting, Anne McCarthy - Casting, Jaime Rucker King - Co-producer, Jay Heit - Co-producer, Eduardo Castro - Costume Designer, Bruce Speyer - First Assistant Director, Steve Rash - Director, Jonathan Chibnall - Editor, Mark Amin - Executive Producer, Devon DeWalt - Executive Producer, Robert Folk - Composer (Music Score), Richard Roberts - Production Designer, David A. Makin - Cinematographer, Stokely Chaffin - Producer, Neal H. Moritz - Producer, Jonathan Komack Martin - Producer, Craig Woods - Sound/Sound Designer, Erik Fleming - Screen Story, Jeff Eastin - Screen Story, Jeff Eastin - Screenwriter, Jay Nierenberg - Supervising Sound Editor, Paul Healy - Set Decorator
