Mother, Jugs and Speed (DVD)

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Brief Description

Item#: 2253523
    This highly irreverent and satirical black comedy recounts the daily tragedies of a group of ambulance drivers at a run-down com
 
 
    This highly irreverent and satirical black comedy recounts the daily tragedies of a group of ambulance drivers at a run-down company in 1970s California. A smart-aleck blend of television's TAXI and M*A*S*H and precursor to BRINGING OUT THE DEAD, the film is set at the F&B ambulance company, which is the home away from home for a motley crew of drivers obsessed with bringing in more patients than their competition while working their respective shifts. Bill Cosby stars as Mother, the wisecracking leader who plays by his own rules and drives with his loyal partner, Leroy (Bruce Davison). Together, Mother and Leroy encounter a wide variety of adventures as they race around town looking for calamity and disaster. Jugs (Raquel Welch) is the aptly nicknamed buxom secretary who consistently dismisses the advances of the lewd and crude drivers while secretly studying to become the first female driver at F&B--until she meets Speed (Harvey Keitel), an ex-cop and Vietnam vet under investigation for drug charges who joins the F&B crew. As the company teeters near bankruptcy and disaster strikes, the drivers must band together to keep their struggling company afloat. Shot in an episodic style that combines wildly raunchy humor with gritty and dark tragedy, this wild ride is a highly original fast-paced romp. MOTHER, JUGS AND SPEED also features Larry Hagman as a sex-obsessed driver and the great Allen Garfield as Harry Fishbine, the sleazy owner of the company.

    DVD Features:

    Region 1
    Keep Case
    Widescreen - 2.35
    Audio:
    Stereo - English
    Mono - English
    Additional Release Material:
    Trailers - 1. Teaser
    2. Trailer
    3. Spanish Trailer
    4. TV Spot
    Raquel Welch Theater (15 Minutes)
 

Customer Reviews

Overall Rating: 5

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Entertaining

babe66 from South East Oregon, May 28, 2008

Another great find here at OverStock. I had been looking for this movie for a while. I am so glad I found it here. Mother, Jugs, and Speed is one of Bill Cosby's ealier movies that can still make me laugh.

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   Rating: 5.00 out of 5.00
   Would recommend?: Yes 2 out of 2
 

 

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