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Summary
After making a disastrous 3-hour documentary on New York City's water supply, two young filmmakers focus on the goings-on of life in the LA offices of Boone and Murphy, private investigators.
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Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+25)
Critics 33Audiences 58GoodWatch 38
Metascore47
Tomatometer18%
IMDb6.0
Audience score56%
Running time
1 h 41 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 100101Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 17 more
Released
1998
October 1, 1998
28 years ago
Genres
ComedyMysteryThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- RUnited States
and 11 more15 people
- Miguel FerrerJoe Boone
- John LivingstonA.J. Edison
- Yasiin BeyWilt Crawley
- John SlatteryKevin Murphy
- Allison DeanAngela
- Clayton RohnerSonny 'Beep' Collins
- ESElizabeth SchofieldMonica Collins
- Barbara HowardEmma Huffington
- John HawkesFilm clerk
Wendy CrewsonDr. Ninki Bregman
Brent JenningsFuneral Director
Kamala LopezPenny
Don Keith OpperComposer
Brent RoamAngry Man
Giancarlo EspositoBlind Man (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Daniel Pyne Director, Writer
- Christina Fong Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- John Mankiewicz Writer
Production · 1
- Janice Cooke Co-Producer
Camera · 1
- Greg Gardiner Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Les Butler Editor
Sound · 1
- Michael Convertino Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Mary Zophres Costume Design
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