Palookaville
“One foot in the door. The other one in the gutter.”
Jerry and his two pals, Russ and Syd, are just looking for some easy money to help them break out of their nowhere lives in their nowhere town. Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals, a fateful event (and an old black-and-white film) convinces them that they can pull off an armored-truck robbery. While they are busy plotting their caper, their dysfunctional families spin out of control, all around them.
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Cast
25 people
William Forsythe
Sid Dunleavy
Known for
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
The Rock
Vincent Gallo
Russell Pataki
Known for
Buffalo '66
The Brown Bunny
Adam Trese
Jerry
Known for
Silent House
40 Days and 40 Nights
Gareth Williams
Ed the Cop
Known for
MINDHUNTER
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
LisaGay Hamilton
Betty, Jerry's Wife
Known for
Beastly
Twelve Monkeys
Bridgit Ryan
Enid
Known for
The Stand
Kim Dickens
Laurie, Russell's Girlfriend
Known for
Fear the Walking Dead
Gone Girl
Suzanne Shepherd
Mother
Known for
The Sopranos
Requiem for a Dream
Nicole Burdette
Chris
Known for
A River Runs Through It
Robert LuPone
Ralph
Known for
Funny Games
Jesus Christ Superstar
Sam Coppola
Mr. Kott, Money Truck Driver
Known for
Saturday Night Fever
Fatal Attraction
Frances McDormand
June
Known for
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Fargo
Alan Taylor Director · David Epstein Writer Rachel Portman Composer
Budget $315K · United States release October 25, 1996 · Produced in United States, United Kingdom
Box office
Budget
$315,230
Production
Redwave Films
Production
Playhouse International Pictures
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Studio
Public Television Playhouse Inc.
Production
United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · September 7, 1995
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · October 25, 1996
Theatrical
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