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Trojan War movie storyline. Brad thinks he has found the girl of his dreams with Brooke. On the night when he thinks all his dreams will come true he runs into a problem…No condom. On his search to find a trojan he realizes that maybe it isn’t worth the trouble. Brad is robbed, beaten up, arrested and everything else imaginable trying to get just one condom. His best friend Leah is disgusted at his behavior because she wants Brad all to herself and can’t see why Brad would want someone like Brooke. Will Brad find what he wants or will Leah get what she has always wanted – Brad?
Trojan War is a 1997 American romantic comedy film directed by George Huang. It stars Will Friedle, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Marley Shelton, Danny Masterson, Jason Marsden, Jennie Kwan, Charlotte Ayanna, Wendie Malick and Lee Majors. The film was a critical and box office disaster. Produced for $15 million, it made only $309 in ticket sales because it was played in a single movie theater and was pulled after only a week.
About the Story
High school student Brad (Will Friedle) has had an unrequited crush on a classmate named Brooke (Marley Shelton) for years. After she asks him to come over one night to tutor her, she ends up wanting to have sex with him. But she only wants safe sex, and he does not have a condom (the use of Trojan in the title is a pun on the condom brand of the same name).
In his quest to buy some condoms, he runs into all sorts of trouble; his dad’s Jaguar gets stolen and then wrecked, he has a run-in with a crazy bus driver (Anthony Michael Hall), he is held hostage, he is pursued by a school janitor (Paulo Tocha) who accuses him of drawing graffiti, an odd pair of Hispanic siblings (Christine Deaver and Mike Moroff) who thinks he looks like David Hasselhoff, Brooke’s dog, Brooke’s jealous boyfriend Kyle (Eric Balfour), and a homeless man (David Patrick Kelly) who wants two dollars from him (and has secretly stolen his wallet), and he is arrested.
After all of this and finally receiving a condom from a police officer who releases him, he realizes that the perfect girl has been there for him all along: his best friend Leah (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who has had feelings for him for a long time unbeknownst to Brad. Finally, Brad realizes his own feelings for Leah while also discovering Brooke is not as great as he thought she was, after he finds out that she only wants a one night stand with him instead of a relationship. Brad runs out to find Leah and professes his feelings to her, and they kiss each other by moonlight.
Trojan War (1997)
Directed by: George Huang
Starring: Will Friedle, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Marley Shelton, Danny Masterson, Jason Marsden, Jennie Kwan, Charlotte Ayanna, Wendie Malick, Lee Majors
Screenplay by: Andy Burg, Scott Myers
Production Design by: Cecil Gentry
Cinematography by: Dean Semler
Film Editing by: Ed Marx
Costume Design by: Marilyn Vance
Set Decoration by: Regina O’Brien
Art Direction by: Shepherd Frankel
Music by: George S. Clinton
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements including sexuality, and for crude humor.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: September 26, 1997
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