Waking Up in Reno
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Directed by | Jordan Brady |
Produced by | Ben Myron Robert Salerno Dwight Yoakam |
Written by | Brent Briscoe Mark Fauser |
Starring | Natasha Richardson Billy Bob Thornton |
Editing by | Lisa Zeno Churgin |
Distributed by | Miramax Films |
Release date(s) | October 25, 2002 |
Running time | 91 min. |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
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Waking Up in Reno is a 2002 comedy film directed by Jordan Brady, starring Natasha Richardson, Billy Bob Thornton, Patrick Swayze, and Charlize Theron. The screenplay was written by Brent Briscoe and Mark Fauser. The story is about two couples traveling from Little Rock to Reno to see a monster truck rally.
Waking Up in Reno was shot from January 25, 2000 to early April, 2000, in Texas, Los Angeles, California, and Reno, Nevada. The film had a limited release in the United States on October 25, 2002.
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[edit] Plot
Auto dealer Lonnie Earl (Billy Bob Thornton) and his wife, Darlene (Natasha Richardson), are best friends with Roy (Patrick Swayze) and his wife, Candy (Charlize Theron), who's ovulating and trying to become pregnant. When the four friends from Arkansas decide to take an SUV cross-country to a monster truck show in Reno, NV, it turn out that Lonnie Earl and Candy have been having an affair. The revelation comes as a shock to Roy and Darlene, who absconds with her husband's credit cards for a spending spree that includes designer boutiques and a Tony Orlando concert. Meanwhile, Candy's quest to have a baby takes on a new dimension in light of her extracurricular activities with Lonnie Earl.
[edit] Production
Billy Bob Thornton came up with the idea of making a sexy farce of the Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice classic couple-swapping comedy at a lunch with producer Ben Myron.[1] Myron urged Thornton to write the screenplay. Meanwhile, Thornton turned the project over to two writing newcomers Brett Briscoe and Mark Fauser, who were fascinated by Thornton and Myron's concept. It was shot from January 25, 2000 to early April, 2000, in Texas, Los Angeles, California, and Reno, Nevada. Waking Up in Reno had a limited release in the United States on October 25, 2002.[2]
[edit] Cast
- Natasha Richardson as Darlene Dodd
- Billy Bob Thornton as Lonnie Earl Dodd
- Patrick Swayze as Roy Kirkendall
- Charlize Theron as Candy Kirkendall
- Holmes Osborne as Doc Tuley
- Billy O'Sullivan as Lonnie Earl III
[edit] Reception
Roger Ebert from Chicago Sun-Times said, "The filmmakers create satirical characters and then play them straight. We're actually expected to sympathize with these caricatures."[3]
[edit] Citations
- ^ Info & Tidbits on Waking Up in Reno. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.
- ^ Greg Dean Schmitz. Waking Up in Reno (2002). Yahoo Movies. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
- ^ Roger Ebert. Waking Up in Reno (2002). Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved on 2007-04-02.