When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.
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- TriviaFilmed at the now closed and historic Joliet Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois - the same prison where the opening sequences of The Blues Brothers (1980) were shot.
- GoofsBarry visits Nelson in prison after being paroled. In reality this could never happen as a parole can not visit a inmate.
- Quotes
Nelson Biederman IV: [Long silence] So now what do we do?
John Lyshitski: Hmm?
[pause]
John Lyshitski: What do you mean?
Nelson Biederman IV: What do I mean? I mean, what are we... what are we supposed to *do*?
John Lyshitski: We're doin' it, man. This is it. We're right in the thick of the action. We hang out here, go to lunch, come back, hang out some more, go to dinner... You know how someone might describe a situation that's unpleasant or confining as being, "like a prison"?
Nelson Biederman IV: [pause] Yeah.
John Lyshitski: This is what they were referring to.
- Alternate versionsDVD includes R-rated (84 minute) version and unrated (90 minute) version.
- ConnectionsReferences Casablanca (1942)
- SoundtracksLet's Go to Prison
Written by Dave Allen (as Dave Gruber Allen), Thomas Chan, Alan Elliott,
J.P. Fitting, David Koechner, Bob Odenkirk and Andy Paley
Performed by Dave Allen (as The Naked Trucker), David Koechner (as T-Bones) with the Dickaround Gang and Tommy Morgan
I went in with absolutely no expectations of it. My friend owned a video rental place and we grabbed it off the shelf randomly to watch. I had never heard of it, nor did I know a thing about it. I was thoroughly surprised at how witty, unique, humorous and silly it was. The actors are not all that famous (at least weren't at the time) and I had never seen the star before. Will Arnett was a great addition as well.
Everyone in the movie was great. I thought it was a pretty new story and it didn't recycle a bunch of old jokes I'd seen/heard a million times. It surprised me quite a bit and it wasn't super predictable. Honestly, I think it had almost everything I look for in a comedy really.
My advice is to see it, but don't expect anything at all. Just watch it and let yourself enjoy the ridiculousness of it. The ending was fantastic. This made it into my long list of favorite comedies for sure.
- SpaceOctopus
- Jun 17, 2013
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- Also known as
- You Are Going to Prison
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,630,045
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,220,050
- Nov 19, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $4,630,045
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1