Cloud 9 (2006 film)

Cloud 9
Cloud 9
	Film poster
Directed by	Harry Basil
Written by	Brett Hudson; Burt Kearns; Albert S. Ruddy
Produced by	Burt Kearns; Andre Morgan; Albert S. Ruddy
Starring	Burt Reynolds; D.L. Hughley; Paul Rodriguez; Angie Everhart;
Cinematography	Michael Goi
Edited by	Rick Tuber
Music by	Eric Amdahl
Production; companies	Frozen Pictures ; The Ruddy Morgan Organization
Distributed by	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date	January 3, 2006;
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cloud 9 is a 2006 American direct-to-DVD sports comedy film starring Burt Reynolds that was written and produced by Brett Hudson, Burt Kearns and Albert S. Ruddy.[1] It was the last comedy in which Reynolds reprised and updated his role as the charming rascal made legendary in films like The Longest Yard and Smokey and the Bandit.[2]

The film was never released to cinemas; instead, it went straight to DVD by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on January 3, 2006, and distributed on DVD around the world in territories including India, Japan, Poland, Brazil, Greece and Thailand.[3]

Plot

Reynolds plays a down and out sports promoter living in a trailer in Malibu, California, who turns his luck around after he has the brainstorm of starting up a beach volleyball team composed of strippers.[4]

Cast

Burt Reynolds as Billy Cole
D.L. Hughley as Tenspot
Paul Rodriguez as Wong
Angie Everhart as Julie
Paul Wesley as Jackson Fargo
Gabrielle Reece as Christina Hansen
Katheryn Winnick as Olga
Marnette Patterson as Crystal
Kenya Moore as Champagne
Patricia De Leon as Corazon
Gary Busey as himself
Tony Danza as himself
Tom Arnold as himself
Bruce Bruce as himself
Luis Chávez as Carlos
Rick Overton as Buckner
Pat Finn as Big Dan Weiner
Jeff Altman as Drunk Lawyer
Chris Coppola as Chris
Ken Garito as Tommy Z

Production

D.L. Hughley and Paul Wesley both spoke of Burt Reynolds' generosity. Wesley said Reynolds invited him to his home for dinner to listen to acting legends swap stories.[5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 67% of 6 critics' reviews are positive.[1]

Scott Weinberg of DVDTalk.com wrote: "Cloud 9 is every bit as atrocious as its DVD case plainly implies. Worse than that, actually."[6][2]

References

"Cloud 9". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media.
Vince Leo (2005). "Cloud 9 / Nine review (2006) Burt Reynolds - Qwipster's Movie Reviews". Qwipster.net. Retrieved 2021-02-15. Reynolds and company at the nadir of their careers doing what they can to peddle T&A for not-even-worthy-of-Skinemax straight-to-video entertainment.
"Cloud 9 Around The World!". Frozenpictures.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
Why Does It Exist? (16 February 2012). "Cloud 9 (2006) « Why Does It Exist?". Whydoesitexist.com. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
Mandi Bierly (April 16, 2012). "Paul Wesley's 'Burt Reynolds volleyball' movie trailer". Entertainment Weekly.
Scott Weinberg (January 10, 2006). "Cloud 9". DVDTalk.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-30.

Sources

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[Rotten_Tomatoes-1] "Cloud 9". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media.

[qwipster-2] Vince Leo (2005). "Cloud 9 / Nine review (2006) Burt Reynolds - Qwipster's Movie Reviews". Qwipster.net. Retrieved 2021-02-15. Reynolds and company at the nadir of their careers doing what they can to peddle T&A for not-even-worthy-of-Skinemax straight-to-video entertainment.

[3] "Cloud 9 Around The World!". Frozenpictures.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2013-02-15.

[4] Why Does It Exist? (16 February 2012). "Cloud 9 (2006) « Why Does It Exist?". Whydoesitexist.com. Retrieved 2013-02-15.

[Bierly-5] Mandi Bierly (April 16, 2012). "Paul Wesley's 'Burt Reynolds volleyball' movie trailer". Entertainment Weekly.

[6] Scott Weinberg (January 10, 2006). "Cloud 9". DVDTalk.com. Archived from the original on 2017-11-30.