Jerky Boys: The Movie (1995) is a comedy/crime film that features characters from The Jerky Boys.
The film features two men, Johnny B. and Kamal, aka "the Jerky Boys", two self-described "low-lifes from Queens", who get into trouble with the Mafia when one of their prank calls leads them into a money laundering business. The Jerky Boys discover that their long-loved hometown bar will be torn down unless they stop it.
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Jerky Boys: The Movie (1995) is a comedy/crime film that features characters from The Jerky Boys.
The film features two men, Johnny B. and Kamal, aka "the Jerky Boys", two self-described "low-lifes from Queens", who get into trouble with the Mafia when one of their prank calls leads them into a money laundering business. The Jerky Boys discover that their long-loved hometown bar will be torn down unless they stop it.
The film was featured with mostly negative reviews, receiving only a 10% from rotten tomatoes.com. It has become a big part of the Jerky Boys career, becoming somewhat of a cult following for Jerky Boys fans.
After the 1993 release of the first Jerky Boys album, Johnny B., Kamal, along with James Melkonian and Rich Wilkes, commenced writing a Jerky Boys movie for producers Joe Roth and Roger Birnbaum's Caravan Pictures. The film was shot between April and June of 1994 in New York City. The project's distributor, Buena Vista, originally planned to release the film in 1994...
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