Cloud 9 (2006 film)

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Cloud 9
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Film poster
Directed by Harry Basil
Written by Brett Hudson
Burt Kearns
Albert S. Ruddy
Produced byBurt Kearns
Andre Morgan
Albert S. Ruddy
Starring
Cinematography Michael Goi
Edited byRick Tuber
Music byEric Amdahl
Production
companies
Frozen Pictures
The Ruddy Morgan Organization
Distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date
  • January 3, 2006 (2006-01-03)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cloud 9 is a 2006 American direct-to-DVD sports comedy film starring Burt Reynolds that was written and produced by Brett Hudson, Burt Kearns and Albert S. Ruddy. [1] It was the last comedy in which Reynolds reprised and updated his role as the charming rascal made legendary in films like The Longest Yard and Smokey and the Bandit . [2]

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The film was never released to cinemas; instead, it went straight to DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on January 3, 2006, and distributed on DVD around the world in territories including India, Japan, Poland, Brazil, Greece and Thailand. [3]

Plot

Reynolds plays a down and out sports promoter living in a trailer in Malibu, California, who turns his luck around after he has the brainstorm of starting up a beach volleyball team composed of strippers. [4]

Cast

Production

D.L. Hughley and Paul Wesley both spoke of Burt Reynolds' generosity. Wesley said Reynolds invited him to his home for dinner to listen to acting legends swap stories. [5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 67% of 6 critics' reviews are positive. [1]

Scott Weinberg of DVDTalk.com wrote: "Cloud 9 is every bit as atrocious as its DVD case plainly implies. Worse than that, actually." [6] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cloud 9". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 Vince Leo (2005). "Cloud 9 / Nine review (2006) Burt Reynolds - Qwipster's Movie Reviews". Qwipster.net. Retrieved 2021-02-15. Reynolds and company at the nadir of their careers doing what they can to peddle T&A for not-even-worthy-of-Skinemax straight-to-video entertainment.
  3. "Cloud 9 Around The World!". Frozenpictures.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  4. Why Does It Exist?. "Cloud 9 (2006) « Why Does It Exist?". Whydoesitexist.com. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
  5. Mandi Bierly (April 16, 2012). "Paul Wesley's 'Burt Reynolds volleyball' movie trailer". Entertainment Weekly .
  6. Scott Weinberg (January 10, 2006). "Cloud 9". DVDTalk.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-30.

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