Taglines: With this search team… pray you don’t get lost.
The Search for One-Eye Jimmy movie storyline. Set in Brooklyn, New York, the movie is the story of a California film student Les (Holt McCallany) who returns to the town in which he grew up to shoot a film about it. The first individual he happens upon is Joe “Head” (so named because of the size of his head) played by Michael Badalucco. While interviewing him, they are told of a neighborhood man named “One-eyed” Jimmy (because of his glass eye) who has gone missing.
They then decide to switch gears from a documentary to a docu-drama, filming the hunt for Jimmy as they go. They come across one quirky character after another, each one giving his account of where Jimmy was last, or where he could be.
Jimmy’s brother, played by Steve Buscemi, is not very interested in finding his brother. “Disco Bean”, John Turturro’s version of a disco-dancing freak stuck in an abandoned building dancing non-stop actually gives his account of how Jimmy lost his eye. “Colonel Ron”, (Samuel L. Jackson), is a homeless, toothless, strange Vietnam veteran who catches fish in the Gowanus Canal, and may actually be the most intelligent one in the bunch.
“Lefty” (Mancini) and “Junior” (Nick Turturro) constantly get into physical altercations because Junior, a kleptomaniac, is always stealing Lefty’s car. The group uncover a ransom note but to meet the demands of the kidnappers they must borrow a large amount of money from the local loan shark “The Snake”, played by Sirico, who thinks it is not worth the asking price to rescue Jimmy who he calls a “bum”. Snake was formerly known as “The Whale” but has just returned from six months in a health spa where he lost two hundred lbs. and now wants to be known as “The Snake”. The gang pays a visit to a psychic (Aida Turturro) in vain.
The Search for One-eye Jimmy is a 1994 comedy film written and directed by Sam Henry Kass.It stars Holt McCallany, Michael Badalucco, Nicholas Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Anne Meara, Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro, Tony Sirico and Jennifer Beals.
The Search for One-Eye Jimmy (1996)
Directed by: Sam Henry Kass
Starring: Holt McCallany, Michael Badalucco, Nicholas Turturro, Steve Buscemi, Anne Meara, Samuel L. Jackson, John Turturro, Tony Sirico, Jennifer Beals
Screenplay by: Sam Henry Kass
Production Design by: Ray Recht
Cinematography by: Lodge Kerrigan, Chuck Levey, Robert Nickson
Film Editing by: Mark Juergens, Marc Jurgens
Costume Design by: Joan Fedyszyn
Art Direction by: Mario Ventenilla
Music by: William Bloom, George Small
MPAA Rating: R for strong language.
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: June 21, 1996
Views: 137
