Only a Buck (1987)

ALL 01/01/1987 (en) Comedy 95 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1987
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
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  • Original title
    Only a Buck
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

This Spokane-made first feature by Jerry Cook retains the charm and wit that made it a standout among regionally made films in the 1980s. The film depicts J. Jordan, a sort of ’80s Maynard G. Krebs/Rube Goldberg gadget-loving guy who quits his job as a bored and hassled local television news photographer to make a movie about a guy who quits his job to make a movie. Cook describes his film as “the TV dinner of movies ... it didn’t cost a lot, but it’s still pretty good.” Technically assured and full of heart, laugh-out-loud ambience and humor, and off-the-wall hipness, Cook’s debut will warm the hearts of anyone who has made, or dreams of making, a movie. “A clever comedy, well worth seeing.”—Ted Mahar, The Oregonian. “The film’s delightful atmosphere wins you over.”—D.K. Holm, Willamette Week

  1. Gerry Cook

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Casts

  1. Charlie Schmidt

    Jay Jordan

  2. Lanita Grice

    Karla Marx

  3. Utah Phillips

    Tramp

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 3 , Crews : 1

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Only a Buck (1987) 95 Min

ALL 01/01/1987 (en)
Comedy
  • Release 01/01/1987
  • Production
  • Original title Only a Buck
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

This Spokane-made first feature by Jerry Cook retains the charm and wit that made it a standout among regionally made films in the 1980s. The film depicts J. Jordan, a sort of ’80s Maynard G. Krebs/Rube Goldberg gadget-loving guy who quits his job as a bored and hassled local television news photographer to make a movie about a guy who quits his job to make a movie. Cook describes his film as “the TV dinner of movies ... it didn’t cost a lot, but it’s still pretty good.” Technically assured and full of heart, laugh-out-loud ambience and humor, and off-the-wall hipness, Cook’s debut will warm the hearts of anyone who has made, or dreams of making, a movie. “A clever comedy, well worth seeing.”—Ted Mahar, The Oregonian. “The film’s delightful atmosphere wins you over.”—D.K. Holm, Willamette Week

  1. Gerry Cook

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer