Gigli (2003) on Netflix
Larry Gigli, a low-level Los Angeles mobster, is ordered to kidnap Brian, the brother of a federal prosecutor, to keep mob boss Starkman out of prison. Louis sends Ricki to supervise him.
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Plot summary
Louis, a mob superior in Los Angeles, hands his low-level associate Larry Gigli an assignment: abduct Brian, a young man with an intellectual disability whose older sibling works as a federal prosecutor. The prosecutor is to be pressured into helping the New York mob boss Starkman stay out of prison. Larry lures Brian away with a promise to visit the Baywatch, the television series Brian is fixated on. Louis doubts Larry can manage alone and sends Ricki to supervise. Larry is attracted to Ricki, who says she is a lesbian and turns down his advances. Brian loves the Australian accent of an operator he calls in Australia and runs up large phone bills.
Cast
- Luis Alberto Martínez Barriosas Adult Care Resident
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- Brian Caseyas High School Kid #3
- Les Bradfordas High School Kid #4
- David Bonfadinias High School Kid #5
- Dwight Ketchumas High School Kid #6 (as Dwight P. Ketchum)
- Luis Alberto Martínezas Adult Care Resident
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Gigli (2003)
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- Halle Berry was originally cast opposite Ben Affleck but dropped out over a scheduling conflict with X2; Jennifer Lopez took the role after her own thriller, Tick Tock, was canceled following the September 11 attacks.
- Director Martin Brest said post-production was shut down for eight months while he and the studio fought over the film's final cut, comparing his own compliance with the changes to cooperating with an occupying force.
- Gigli's box-office collapse set records: its second-weekend gross fell 81.9%, the largest such drop for a wide release until Undiscovered topped it two years later, and by its third weekend it had gone from 2,215 theaters to just 73, a 97% loss of screens.
