Longshot (film)

This article is about the 2001 film. For other films, see Longshot (disambiguation).
Longshot
DVD cover
Directed byLionel C. Martin
Written by
Produced by
  • Louis Pearlman
  • Tony DeCamillis
  • Lionel C. Martin
Starring
CinematographySergio Arguello
Edited byWilliam Young
Music byLalo Schifrin
Distributed byTranscontinental Pictures
Release date
  • October 25, 2001 (2001-10-25)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20.3 million

Longshot is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Lionel C. Martin, and co-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.[1] Hunter Tylo,[2] Paul Sorvino[3][4] Antonio Sabato Jr.,[3][4] Zachery Ty Bryan,[3][4] and Kenny Rogers[5] star in the film and Spears has a cameo.[5]

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.

  1. ^ Exploiting our Archives: Papa Lou's Vanity Project Case File #101 Longshot (2001) - Nathan Rabin's Happy Place
  2. ^ "Hunter Tylo Bio". Soaps.com. United States: SheKnows Media. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference VHS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference DVD was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Brown, Scott (January 23, 2001). "Britney will appear in the film Longshot". Entertainment Weekly. United States: Meredith Corporation. Retrieved March 24, 2020.