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Jerry and Tom is a american film of genre Drama directed by Saul Rubinek with Joe Mantegna

Jerry and Tom (1998)

Jerry and Tom
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Length 1h47
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Action,    Crime
Rating64% 3.245823.245823.245823.245823.24582

Jerry and Tom is a 1998 American black comedy film directed by Saul Rubinek in his directorial debut. The screenplay was adapted by Rick Cleveland from his own 1994 one-act play. The film stars Joe Mantegna and Sam Rockwell as contract killers who work at a used car dealership. The film premiered at Sundance in January 1998, and, after Miramax declined to release it theatrically, aired on Showtime.

Synopsis

Hit men Tom and Jerry wait in a Chicago bar for the go-ahead to kill Stanley. Anxious to get the hit done, Jerry suggests they perform the hit immediately; Tom refuses, and Stanley entertains them with jokes. As the phone rings, the film shifts to a flashback set ten years earlier, in 1984. Jerry, a youth employed at Billy's used car dealership, joins Tom as he walks with Karl. Karl describes how a local gangster bit off the nose of Karl's nephew. Disturbed by the audaciousness and brutality of the attack, Tom promises to look into the issue. However, Karl becomes spooked when they enter Tom's car, and Karl begins bargaining with Tom, to Jerry's confusion. Tom agrees that the two are friends with a long history but strangles Karl after an apology. Jerry throws up but insists that he is otherwise fine.

Actors

Joe Mantegna

(Tom)Sam Rockwell

(Jerry)Maury Chaykin

(Billy)Ted Danson

(The Guy Who Loved Vicki)Charles Durning

(Vic)
And :
William H. Macy
Peter Riegert
Sarah Polley
Lindsay Connell
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