AMOS AND ANDREW (1993)
Amos and Andrew (1993)

Tagline:
Misunderstood. Misplaced. Mismatched.
Character:
Amos Odell

Director:
E. Max Frye
Producer:
Gary Goetzman
Writer:
E. Max Frye
Co-stars:
Samuel L. Jackson
Movie Synopsis:
Amos and Andrew is an awareness raising crime comedy. Andrew Sterling, a successful African American playwright, is wrongly identified by local police as a burglar in his own newly bought home on a predominantly white island. Amos Odell is a small time thief released from local jail on the condition he pretends to hold Andrew hostage and demand a ransom, but to then give himself up in return for his freedom, to cover the error of judgement made by the police officer in charge. All kinds of chaos and comedy ensues as the unlikely relationship between Amos and Andrew leads them on an escape from the local police.
Trailer:
Nicolas Cage movie quote:
“It’s a social comedy about important issues, contemporary issues. There was one night, very strange night, when the riots broke out in L.A, and we were in fact shooting riot scenes the same night. It was an odd, gloomy day. I thought, this is strange. Well I thought, well, you know, art imitates life. This is something, this is a reality.”
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