Longshot (2001)
1h 33m
Running Time
October 25, 2001Release Date
Plot.
Teen Alex Taylor and his older brother Jack live in L.A. where Jack is a personal fitness trainer. Jack had an affair with Mitzi Price, a very powerful business man's wife. Her husband, Laszlo Price, then blackmails Jack into going to New York City to get information from Rachel Montgomery, about who she is selling her company to. Jack brings Alex with him to make sure that he will be safe. Jack and Rachel fall in love while Alex falls in love Rachel's daughter Kelly. Eventually Jack tells Rachel why he was sent to New York, and the two work together to bring Laszlo Price down. Rachel needs to have two million dollars in order to not sell her company. Alex wins the money in a halftime contest at a basketball game. They provide information about Laszlo Price to the police, and he is arrested.
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Cast & Crew.
Tony DeCamillis
Jack Taylor
Hunter Tylo
Rachel Montgomery
Joey Sculthorpe
Alex Taylor
Antonio Sabàto, Jr.
Tommy Sutton
Paul Sorvino
Laszlo Pryce
Lionel C. Martin
Director
Zachery Ty Bryan
Deke
Louis J. Pearlman
Writer
Danielle Fishel
Gloria
Lalo Schifrin
Composer
Justin Timberlake
Valet
Sergio Arguello
Cinematographer
Joey Fatone
Pizza Guy
William Young
Editor
Britney Spears
Flight Attendant
William Young
Editor
Kenny Rogers
Pilot
Jeff Hall
ProductionDesigner
Ashley Parker Angel
Salesman
Rich Cronin
Cop
JC Chasez
Pizza Guy
Lance Bass
Flight Engineer
Chris Kirkpatrick
Pizza Patron
Kevin Eubanks
Jazz Performer
Dustin Diamond
Waiter
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine Jackson
Art Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel
Ellen Albertini Dow
Ms. Fleisher
Erik-Michael Estrada
Salesaman
Gilbert Gottfried
Record Store Boss
Dwayne Johnson
Mugger
Dennis Keiffer
Henchman
Ron Yuan
Friend #4
Nina Kaczorowski
Bartender
Chick Hearn
Announcer
Kim Garfunkel
Kim Garfunkel
Lou Pearlman
Producer / Writer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Longshot is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Lionel C. Martin, and written by Lou Pearlman, as a promotional tool to promote the acting debuts of his succession of successful boybands and girl groups, such as NSYNC, O-Town and Natural, as well as singer Britney Spears, girlband Innosense and pop-hip hop trio LFO, all of whom had cameo appearances in the film, as Pearlman had worked with all of them during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Hunter Tylo, Paul Sorvino Antonio Sabato Jr., Zachery Ty Bryan, and Kenny Rogers star in the film and Spears has a cameo.The plot recounts the tale of a young boy, Alex Taylor, who gets caught up in his brother's activities as a gigolo, and uses each of the said pop acts as a tool within the film.