Director's commentary Deleted scenes with commentary Music video: 'Velvet' by aha Music video: 'Love is Alive' by Joan Osbourne Trailers and TV spots Region: 1 Audio: DD5.1
Rating: R Genre: Comedy Release Date: 11/05/2002 SubTitles: English/French/Espanol Dubbed: English Sound: DD5.1 Run Time: 93 Minutes Distributor/Studio: Polygram USA Video
The debut project from co-star Michael Douglas' production company Further Films, this comic crime caper uses the narrative devices of multiple points of view and flashbacks, à la Rashomon (1951) and that classic film's many imitators. A late-night slaying at a bar called McCool's is the point of departure as Detective Dehling (John Goodman), bartender Randy (Matt Dillon), and Randy's lawyer-cousin Carl (Paul Reiser) project their fantasies onto the sexy Jewel (Liv Tyler), whose boyfriend (Andrew Dice Clay) is the corpse in question. As each man spills his guts -- Dehling to his priest, Randy to an aging hit man (Douglas), and Carl to his therapist (Reba McEntire) -- it becomes clear that the femme fataleJewel has been manipulating the smitten men for her own purposes, namely a house full of cutting-edge electronic gadgets. One Night at McCool's is the debut American film from Norwegian commercial and music video director Harald Zwart.