Booty Call

Director: Jeff Pollack Jeff Pollack

Overview

"The sex comedy Booty Call comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is preferable to the full-frame image. One English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. French, Spanish, and English soundtracks have also been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. Subtitles are available in all three of those languages as well. Supplemental materials include a theatrical trailer. This film delivers the picture and sound for an affordable price. Fans of the film will not be disappointed."

Product Details

Release Date:	06/04/2002
UPC:	0043396949591
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	R
Source:	SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMT
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:19:00
Sales rank:	6,929

Special Features

English [two-channel and 5.1 Dolby Digital]; Additional languages: Spanish, French; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; Theatrical trailer; Scene selections; Widescreen and full-screen formats

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jamie Foxx	Bunz
Tommy Davidson	Rushon
Vivica A. Fox	Lysterine
Tamala Jones	Nikki
Art Malik	Akmed
Scott LaRose	Singh
Gedde Watanabe	Chan
Ammie Sin	Yoyo
Bernie Mac	Judge Peabody
Robert Bidaman	Dr. Zevroloski
David Hemblen	Dr. Blade
Amy Monique Waddell	Arguing Woman
Ric Young	Mr. Chiu
Wiley Moore	Arguing Man
Kam Ray Chan	Ug Lee
Olivia Yap	Judge's Woman
Bill MacDonald	Hold Up Man
John Moraitis	Greek Cabbie
Karen Robinson	Admitting Nurse
Donna Preising	Triage Nurse
Johnie Chase	Guard
Amanda Tapping	Dr. Moore
Beatriz Pizano	Pregnant Woman
Bootsie	Older Man
James Mainprize	Another Patient
Pedro Salvin	Male Nurse
Julia Paton	Nurse
Valerie Boyle	O. R. Nurse
James Kidnie	Mummified Man
Michael Anthony Joseph	Dice Player
Dominic Marcus	Dice Player
George Ramsey	Dice Player
Derrick Simmons	Dice Player
Robert Folk	Composer

Technical Credits

Takashi Bufford

J. Stanford Parker

Jeff Pollack	Director
Takashi Bufford	Screenwriter
J. Stanford Parker	Screenwriter
John Morrissey	Producer
Roy T. Anderson	Stunts
Kaz Kobielski	Special Effects
Martin Malivoire	Special Effects
Mary Vernieu	Casting
Ronnie Yeskel	Casting
Douglas Ganton	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

It would be extreme generosity to credit Booty Call with anything other than popularizing a dubious catchphrase. And that's too bad, because some imagination could have pushed it toward the demented where-the-night-takes-you logic of Martin Scorcese's After Hours, another experiment in wee-hours absurdism conducted in the laboratory of New York City. The fruitless quest for condoms might be genius material for a lowbrow farce, but not with these people calling the shots. Screenwriters Takashi Bufford and Bootsie might have taunted these frustrated playas by forever dangling their quarry just out of reach, which would have doubled as a mild comment on the folly of their booty-or-bust mentality. But instead of throwing roadblocks in their path, the writers resort to misogyny by blaming the booty blockade on the capricious women -- sketched either as teasing prude (Tamala Jones) or insatiable freak (Vivica Fox) -- who balk at the imperfections of each newly procured prophylactic. (And for all its jokes about stamina, the film requires a pointless hospital scene at the end to last even a scant 70 minutes). Booty Call is maliciously indifferent about so many details that only the most insulting can really be named. In fact, even citing its near misses is too generous, since that involves the film in a discussion too discerning for such over-simplified vulgarity. Even though Booty Call qualified as a minor hit and zeitgeist moment, its only real score was to provide an early showcase for Jamie Foxx, who would find more satisfying conquests down the road.