Main Cast: Johnny Brennan, Kamal Ahmed, Alan Arkin, William Hickey, Alan North
Release Year: 1995
Country: US
Run Time: 81 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Two guys from Queens wind up in trouble with the mob because of their fondness for prank phone calls in this quickie comedy. Stars Johnny Brennan and Kamal Ahmed first found fame as "The Jerky Boys" thanks to a series of comedy albums featuring real prank calls in which the duo assumed a variety of abrasive and often extremely foul-mouthed characters. Playing characters based on themselves, they reprise many of these same routines in this debut film, linking the comic bits together through a loose plot concerning local organized crime. It seems the boys have used their phone skills to trick a local mobster (Alan Arkin) into thinking that they are notorious Chicago hoods, only to have to go on the run when their scheme is discovered. Made to capitalize on a Jerky Boys fad, the film failed to attract much of an audience beyond their existing fans. ~ Judd Blaise, All Movie Guide
Brad Sullivan - Worzic; Peter Appel - Sonny; Paul Bartel - Host; Susan Blommaert - Sister Mary; Danny Dennis - Comedian; Jerry Dunphy - Anchorman; Brenda Forbes - Rich Woman; Jorja Fox - Lazarro's Young Lady; Garfield - Guard; Tom Jones - Himself; Joe Lisi - Foreman; James Lorinz - Brett Weir; Ron Ostrow - Fast Food Family Man; Vincent Pastore - Tony Scarboni; Suzanne Shepherd - Mrs. B; David Stepkin - Old Man; Brian Tarantina - Geno; Marc Webster - Reporter; Robert Weil - Quigley; Ozzy Osbourne - Band Manager; John Stanier - Band ("Helmet") Member; Frank Senger - Bouncer; John Norman Thomas - Cabbie; David Klein - Young Johnny Brennan
Credit
Jonathan Glickman - Associate Producer, Douglas Aibel - Casting, Randy Ostrow - Co-producer, John Dunn - Costume Designer, J. Miller Tobin - Director, James Melkonian - Director, Dennis M. Hill - Editor, Tony Danza - Executive Producer, Emilio Estevez - Executive Producer, Ira Newborn - Composer (Music Score), Michael Barosky - Musical Direction/Supervision, Dan Leigh - Production Designer, Ueli Steiger - Cinematographer, Roger Birnbaum - Producer, Joe Roth - Producer, Ron Von Blomberg - Set Designer, Norman Douglass - Stunts, Nicholas J. Giangiulio - Stunts, John Patrick McLaughlin - Stunts, Gregg Smrz - Stunts, Frank Ferrara - Stunts, Don Hewitt, Sr. - Stunts, Jery Hewitt - Stunts, Kamal Ahmed - Screenwriter, John G. Brennen - Screenwriter, James Melkonian - Screenwriter, Rich Wilkes - Screenwriter
