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Amos & Andrew is a 1993 American crime comedy film directed by Eric Max Frye, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie stars Nicolas Cage, Samuel L. Jackson, Dabney Coleman, and Brad Dourif. Produced by Gary Goetzman and distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix, the film was shot in North Carolina. Richard Gibbs composed the score, while Patricia Norris served as production designer.
The runtime is 96 minutes. It is categorized as a buddy film and an action film. The tagline describes the characters as misunderstood, misplaced, and mismatched. Keywords associated with the plot include press and bad cop. The film was released in the United States on March 5, 1993.
Critical reception includes a review score of 4/10 and 17%. Audience ratings list a vote average of 5.438 and an IMDb rating of 5.7. The film generated revenue of 9,745,803. It is available in video on demand format.
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It sits within the topics 1990s buddy comedy films, 1993 American films and 1993 black comedy films.
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Film · TMDB
5.5When 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 thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal.
Cast
- Samuel L. Jackson as Andrew Sterling
- Nicolas Cage as Amos Odell
- Michael Lerner as Phil Gillman
- Margaret Colin as Judy Gillman
- Dabney Coleman as Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver
- Brad Dourif as Officer Donnie Donaldson
Themes
- press
- bad cop
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Eric Max Frye
- Screenwriter
- Eric Max Frye
- Cast member
- Tracey Walter
- Composer
- Richard Gibbs
- Producer
- Gary Goetzman
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Filming location
- North Carolina
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 892761
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1993-01-01
- title
- Amos & Andrew
- production designer
- Patricia Norris
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 17%
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