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| Directed by | James Melkonian |
| Produced by | Roger Birnbaum, Joe Roth |
| Written by | James Melkonian, Rich Wilkes John G. Brennan Kamal Ahmed |
| Starring | John G. Brennan Kamal Ahmed Alan Arkin |
| Music by | Ira Newborn |
| Cinematography | Ueli Steiger |
| Editing by | Dennis M. Hill |
| Studio | Caravan Pictures |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 3, 1995 (USA) |
| Running time | 81 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million |
The Jerky's Boys: The Movie, also known as The Jerky's Boys, is a 1995 comedy/crime film starring John G. Brennan and Kamal Ahmed, best known as the comedy duo The Jerky Boys.
The film features two men, Johnny B. and Kamal, aka "the Jerky Boys", two self-described "low-lifes from Queens", who get into trouble with the Mafia when one of their prank calls leads them into a money laundering business. The Jerky Boys discover that their long-loved hometown bar will be torn down unless they stop it.
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Johnny and Kamal are taken into police custody and interrogated by two NYPD cops. They tell the cops about their lives. Johnny and Kamal were kids who made prank calls to Brett Weir's mother and gets him in trouble. The mother spanks Brett when the boys lied to her about her son stealing, cursing, and spitting. Mrs. B beats the boys for prank calling them. 20 years later, Mrs. B demands Johnny and Kamal to get a job, but the two keep on causing trouble and get fired from every job they had, including construction working and Burger Bob.
The main characters are:
After the 1993 release of the first Jerky Boys album, Johnny B., Kamal, along with James Melkonian and Rich Wilkes, commenced writing a screenplay for a proposed Jerky Boys film for producers Joe Roth and Roger Birnbaum's production company Caravan Pictures. The film was shot between April and June 1994 in New York City, under the direction of James Melkonian. The project's distributor, Buena Vista, originally planned to release the film in 1994 but the release was delayed until after the release of the second Jerky Boys album. The film was released theatrically on February 3, 1995 by Buena Vista through its Touchstone Pictures label. The copyright date of this movie is 1994 and the same date appears on the disc and back cover of the soundtrack.
The Jerky Boys was initially released by Touchstone Pictures on VHS on March 5, 1996.[1] As VHS has been obsolete, it is currently out of print, although it can be found used in some retail stores.
Although The Jerky Boys has never been released on DVD properly in the United States and Canada, the first (and only) release was by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on the film's 9th anniversary in March 2004 in Europe and the United Kingdom. This DVD does not play on North American DVD players or those from most other countries outside of Europe. To play the DVD (outside of Europe), you need need a "multi-region" or "region-free" PAL compatible DVD player or computer.[2]
As of 2010, Touchstone has not publicly disclosed any plans to release The Jerky Boys: The Movie on DVD or Blu-ray.
The film was featured with mostly negative reviews, receiving only a 10% from Rotten Tomatoes. It has become a big part of the Jerky Boys career, becoming somewhat of a cult following for Jerky Boys fans.
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