Duets (2000) on Netflix
Ricky Dean hustles karaoke contests for side bets until his daughter Liv joins him on the road. A burned-out salesman, a fugitive, and a cab driver also head for Omaha.
- Netflix3.1/5
- IMDb6.2/1010,566 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes21%
Trailer
Plot summary
Karaoke bars across the country fill in the week before a contest in Omaha with a $5,000 prize. Ricky Dean makes his living on the circuit, feigning indifference before winning contests and side bets. A call sends him to Las Vegas for an ex's funeral, where he meets Liv, the daughter he has not seen in years. She wants a father and follows him on the road despite his objections. Todd Woods, a salesman worn down by constant travel, walks out on his wife Candy and their children. Drifting through New Mexico, he wanders into a karaoke bar, then gives a ride to hitchhiker Reggie Kane, a fugitive with a remarkable voice. In Cincinnati, cab driver Billy Hannan, who once aspired to the priesthood, agrees to drive broke drifter Suzi Loomis to California, stopping at contests along the way.
Cast
- Angie Phillipsas Arlene
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Duets (2000)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Brad Pitt was first cast in Scott Speedman's role, but after he and Gwyneth Paltrow announced the end of their off-camera romance, Pitt decided not to take the role.
- Andre Braugher's singing in the film is not his own: professional vocalist Arnold McCuller sings all of Braugher's parts, including the a cappella version of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird".
- This was the only time Gwyneth Paltrow and her producer and director father Bruce Paltrow worked together on a film project, and it was also Bruce Paltrow's last production before his death.
- The Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis duet "Cruisin'" spent two weeks at No. 1 in Australia and did even better in New Zealand, where it spent five weeks at No. 1; Paltrow's "Bette Davis Eyes" hit No. 3 in Australia.
- Duets received negative reviews from critics and grossed $6.6 million against a $21 million budget, making it a box office bomb.
- Michael Bublé has a cameo in the film singing "Strangers in the Night", but that song is not included on the soundtrack.
