Caravan Pictures Films (Film Guide) - The Jerky Boys: The Movie, Grosse Pointe Blank, the Three Musketeers, Inspector Gadget (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 27. Chapters: The Jerky Boys: The Movie, Grosse Pointe Blank, The Three Musketeers, Inspector Gadget, The Rich Man's Wife, Dead Presidents, Washington Square, G.I. Jane, While You Were Sleeping, Heavyweights, RocketMan, Powder, Angels in the Outfield, Before and After, Six Days Seven Nights, Simon Birch, First Kid, I Love Trouble, Houseguest, Metro, Holy Man, Celtic Pride, The Big Green, Gone Fishin', Tall Tale, A Low Down Dirty Shame, Angie. Excerpt: Grosse Pointe Blank is a 1997 American black comedy film, directed by George Armitage, and starring John Cusack and Minnie Driver. In 2000, readers of Total Film magazine voted Grosse Pointe Blank the 21st greatest comedy film of all time. The film's soundtrack features mainly independent music hits from the 1980s. Professional assassin Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack) finds himself depressed, irritable, dissatisfied with his work. A major irritant is his chief rival Grocer (Dan Aykroyd), whose effort to cartelize the hitman business puts him at potentially lethal odds with the solitary Martin. Following a botched contract, Martin receives an invitation to his class of '86 10-year high school reunion in his home town of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Initially reluctant to attend, he is pressured into it by both his therapist (Alan Arkin) (who rejects Martin as a patient, but continues to permit sessions with him out of fear) and his secretary (Joan Cusack) (the only person with whom Martin has more or less normal interactions). She books him a contract in Michigan that coincides with the reunion, ostensibly to smooth things over with the client whose contract was botched. Upon arriving in Grosse Pointe, Martin seeks out Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver), now a radio DJ, whom Martin had abandoned on prom night to enlist in the Army. While Debi's visit suggests ho...