Theatrical Release Date: April 12, 1995

DVD Release Date: December 9, 2003

Run Time: 88 Minutes

MPAA: PG-13 for Crude Sex-Related Humor

Director: John Fortenberry

Cast:
Pauly Shore as Tommy Collins
Tia Carrere as Monica Lewis
Gizmo as Peanut
Stanley Tucci as Frank
Brian Doyle-Murray as Harry
Abe Vigoda as Judge Powell
Charles Napier as Jed
Richard Edson as Skeets
Richard Riehle as Principal Beasely
Alex Datcher as Sarah
Richard T. Jones as Nathan
Sharon Barr as Libby Starling
Jack McGee as Murphy
Nick Bakay as Richard Hotz
Ernie Lee Banks as Ray
Shelley Winters as Mrs. Collins
Dick Vitale as Hal Gibson
Billie Bird as Rose
Jorge Luis Abreu as Jorge
Siobhan Fallon as Heather
Gregory Cooke as Reece Fishburn
Mark L. Taylor as Russell Cadbury
Sean Whalen as Carl Wayne Bishop

The Story
This film opens setting the life of Tommy Collins. Tommy is in a no win situation. He has no direction in life, no job, no money, just a dog named Peanut. Tommy in an attempt to find work tries a "hand" as a male stripper. His uncle Sal owns a club, but unfortunately the "Cream Machine," a milk man theme stage name isn't cut off this line of work. He gets a letter in the mail from the District Attorney, finally a job opportunity! Jury duty at five bucks a day. But he'd rather sit around his mother's trailer home than do something like that. His mother and her boyfriend Jed end up leaving for Las Vegas to get married. They take the trailer house with them. Tommy is forced to take a job as a juror.

Then Tommy in an effort to fulfill his lifelong duty as a freeloader, he jumps around from jury to jury until he finds one that is going to last a long time. He gets put on the jury for a murder case regarding the Drive-Thru Killer. Carl Wayne Bishop the "Drive-Thru Killer" is a disgruntled fast food employee. He's been unable to hold a steady job and it just so happens that he's been found with living in a house in the woods with the bodies of seven fast food restaurant managers underneath. After each firing Bishop gave death threats to his employers.

While there was enough evidence that made the case seem like an easy verdict, Tommy works hard to ensure that the jury doesn't reach verdict. He drives the other eleven jurors out of their minds! To sweeten jury duty Tommy makes a deal with the hotel manager to stay in the president suite. Tommy's going to do all he can to make sure that jury duty lasts as long as possible.

How long will Tommy live in the life of luxury as a juror? How long will his fellow jurors put up with him? Will they convict a murderer? What other kinds of outrageous acts will Tommy engorge himself in? These are all dying questions that can be answered by watching this film.

Synopsis from DVD:
"The wheels of justice have spun out of control! Pauly Shore stars in this riotous comedy of disorder in the court about a jobless freeloader who gets appointed to a sensational murder trial and will stop at nothing to keep deliberations going as long as possible. Tia Carrere, Shelley Winters and Abe Vigoda co-star."

The DVD

Spoken Languages: English, French

Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Mechanics:
The DVD Menu navigation system is very simple and easy to use. You have the option to play the movie, select a specific scene, configure audio setup, configure captions, and access trailers. The DVD is divided into 28 separate chapters.

Video:
This picture was presented in 1.33:1 ratio Full Frame color. The video transfer is fairly decent. It is a little grainy, but not so bad that it interferes with viewing of the feature.

Sound:
The audio presented in this feature included English Dolby Digital Surround Sound and French Dolby Surround. The sound quality was very good. I noticed no issues with the sound quality. The sound level was very stable throughout entire feature. I did not have to adjust the volume on the television.

Subtitles:
This feature also had caption subtitles in English, Spanish, and French languages. The English subtitles presented in this feature were pretty much exact to the spoken dialogue. The subtitles and dialogue were presented in sync. I noticed no spelling errors or big discrepancies between the subtitles and dialogue. However, I can't speak for the Spanish or French subtitles, as I don't speak or read either language.

Extras:
Well there's not much, just four trailers.

Trailers for: