DOUBLE TAKE opens in Hitchcock fashion with a Manhattan businessman finding himself on the run; He is suspected of illegal activities, and has to prove his innocence while being pursued by the authorities. Hitchcock's classic version of this story is NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959). However, in spite of its thriller pedigree, DOUBLE TAKE is something else. Writer-director George Gallo has taken the classic elements, filtered them through the 1990s action and buddy films and produced a frenetic comedy built around the volatile chemistry of Orlando Jones and Eddie Griffin. Jones has the Cary Grant part--he is Daryl Chase, a Wall Street investment banker dealing in international accounts who becomes the fall guy when a Mexican client is revealed as the front man for a drug cartel. Griffin has the Eve Marie Saint part, but his Freddy Tiffany is no ice-cool Hitchcock blonde. Instead, he's the fast-talking streetwise hustler who aids and abets Chase as he is pursued by the police, the FBI, the CIA, and the DEA. DOUBLE TAKE swallows up the clichés of the innocent-on-the-run movie and the buddy movie, then--with Jones and Griffin trading quips and identities--throws them pell-mell on the screen in one long hilarious stream.
Theatrical release: January 12, 2001.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35:1
Audio:
DTS Surround 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary
Storyboard to Scene Comparison
Deleted and Extended Scenes
Gag Reel
Director's Diary
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus
Distributor Notes: Double Take
Outrageously funny and charged with explosive action, hot young comedy stars Eddie Griffin (DEUCE BIGALOW: MALE GIGOLO) and Orlando Jones (THE REPLACEMENTS) team up for a fast-paced adventure in the tradition of BLUE STREAK and RUSH HOUR. Framed in a multimillion-dollar money-laundering scheme, upstanding investement banker Daryl Chase (Jones) suddenly finds himself running from the FBI -- and swapping identities with loudmouthed, low-life petty thief Freddy Tiffany (Griffin). Then, as he dashes for the Mexican border in search of the one man who can clear his name, Daryl discovers his new alias is even more wanted than he is. With hilarious performances and nonstop excitement at every turn, buckle up for a riotous road trip as this wildly mismatched pair deliver the laughs in double time!
Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Director of Photography
Theo Van De Sande: Director Of Photography
Executive Producer
Barry Bernardi: Producer
Executive Producer
Michael Rotenberg: PRODUCER\"SON-IN-LAW"
Production Designer
Stephen J. Lineweaver:
Costume Designer
Sharen Davis: Costume Designer, RAY (2004)
Review 1:
"...An even-handed mixture of suspense and comedy....Jones is quite engaging....Griffiths is a gifted comic..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F14 01/12/2001
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