F-0229

Title:

The Pest

Category:

S

Produced:

1997

Country:

USA

Released:

Film: Feb 1997
DVD: Jun 2000
VHS: Feb 1998

Director:

Paul Miller

Writer:

David Bar Katz (story); John Leguizamo (story); David Bar Katz (screenplay)

Actors:

John Leguizamo (Pestario 'Pest' Vargas); Jeffrey Jones (Gustav); Edoardo Ballerini (Himmel); Freddy Rodríguez (Ninja - as Freddy Rodriguez); Tammy Townsend (Xantha Kent); Aries Spears (Chubby); Joe Morton (Mr. Kent); Charles Hallahan (Angus); Tom McCleister (Leo); Ivonne Coll (Gladyz); Pat Skipper (Glen Livitt); Jorge Luis Abreu (Piercer); Jennifer Broughton (Bank Employee); Yau-Gene Chan (Cook - as Yau Gene Chan); Judyann Elder (Mrs. Kent)

Description:

Miami scam artist Pest Vargas (John Leguizamo) is on the run from the Scottish mob and a German headhunter, the mob after 50,000 dollars, the German guy after his head. Pest dons many disguises in an attempt to evade their clutches. (Adam "Mr. Movie" Hakari)

Comedian John Leguizamo is The Pest, a manic Miami con man who's about to become a hunter's human prey. And if you're going to be a target, it's best to be a moving target, as The Pest proves in this hilarious high-speed hunt that careens from a new-Nazi's private island to the party-all-the-time streets of Miami's South Beach. Crass, crude and endlessly inventive, The Pest assumes a wild variety of ethnic identities as he evades his predator with attitude intact. A totally one-of-a-kind movie, The Pest is a "rollicking, rude and politically incorrect comedy that's a non-stop laugh riot! 3 1/2 Stars"--Bill Hoffman, New York Post (From the back cover)

Language:

English

TT:

84 min / 85 min (DVD, VHS)

J.S. Bach's Music:

Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
Chris Papastephanou

Format:

Film: Color (DeLuxe), Dolby SR / SDDS
DVD: (Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC, Region 1)
VHS: (Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC)

Company:

Film: The Bubble Factory; TriStar Pictures
DVD: Sony Pictures
VHS: Sony Pictures

Comments:

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DVD: Amazon.com
VHS: Amazon.com | Amazon.com | Amazon.com

Source/Links: IMDB
Contributor: Aryeh Oron (November 2007)