Remember Death Blow? It was a movie that Jerry, Kramer, and Kramer's friend Brody went to see in the 1996 episode, "The Little Kicks." Jerry didn't know, however, that this would become his first bootlegging venture. After realizing that Brody was bootlegging the movie, Jerry wanted to leave. He asked Kramer to come and talk to him outside of the theatre. This resulted in the two of them missing the "death blow." Instead, Brody left because he felt sick, and forced Jerry to bootleg the rest of his movie. As it turned out, Jerry was a bootlegging master.
Apparently, if this were a real movie, it would be staring Channing Tatum and Jason Statham. That's definitely an action-packed duo that I wouldn't want to miss!
Ahhh Chunnel – the movie that destroyed Jerry and Elaine's friendship with George's fiancé, Susan. The three of them went to see the movie together in the 1995 episode, "The Pool Guy." George wasn't happy about the situation, because it meant that his two worlds were colliding. During the movie, Jerry and Elaine were talking, and Susan "shushed" them, immediately putting their newfound friendship to an end.
There isn't much description of the movie during the episode, but according to this poster it's available in IMAX 3D – I'm sold!
Rochelle Rochelle is one of the more memorable fake Seinfeld movies. Based on the dialogue, it seems to be a coming of age love story about a young woman. The movie's tagline is, "A young girl's strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk." The film is referenced in a number of episodes. As well, in the season six episode, "The Understudy," Rochelle Rochelle is adapted into a Broadway musical staring Bette Midler, who appears in the episode as herself.
According to reactions to the movie from Jerry, Elaine, and George, the plot is unbearable, but people watch it for the nudity. We never actually get to see any parts of the movie, but based on this poster, it looks like quite the journey!
There were a few more fake movies mentioned throughout the series. Here's a list (I hope your memory of these give you a little chuckle!)
- Prognosis Negative
- Sack Lunch (Elaine wanted to see this instead of The English Patient)
- Blimp (George sees this movie twice so that he can yell out his famous line, "That's gotta hurt!" when the blimp explodes)
- CheckMate
- Agent Zero
- Brown-Eyed Girl
- Chow Fun
- Cupid's Revival
- Firestorm
- Mountain High
- Cry, Cry Again (The movie that Jerry bootlegs after his successful bootlegging of Death Blow)
Movie posters credit: uproxx.com.
craig is genial.
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