Smiling Fish & Goat On Fire

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Two brothers look for love under unusual circumstances in this independent comedy. Chris Remi Derek Martini and his brother Tony Steven Martini have an unusual family background: their parents, an Italian-American man and a Native-American woman, met on a tour of a Hollywood studio, and their Grandmother bestowed on them semi-traditional American Indian names, "Goat on Fire" and "Smiling Fish." These days, high-strung Chris and good-natured Tony share the house they grew up in following their parents' death in a ...
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Two brothers look for love under unusual circumstances in this independent comedy. Chris Remi Derek Martini and his brother Tony Steven Martini have an unusual family background: their parents, an Italian-American man and a Native-American woman, met on a tour of a Hollywood studio, and their Grandmother bestowed on them semi-traditional American Indian names, "Goat on Fire" and "Smiling Fish." These days, high-strung Chris and good-natured Tony share the house they grew up in following their parents' death in a traffic accident. Chris is having problems with his girlfriend Alison Amy Hathaway, who bursts into tears whenever they have sex; meanwhile, Tony's girlfriend Nicole Heather Jae Marie is ready to give Tony his walking papers if he can't straighten himself out, though he's already got his eye on Kathy Christa Miller, who delivers the mail in his neighborhood. Chris, who works for an accounting firm, is asked one day by his boss to pick up his Uncle Clive Bill Henderson from the airport. Clive used to work as a soundman for a independent African-American film company in the 1940s; he loves to reminisce about the old days and compares love to capturing "the perfect magnetic wave." Clive proves to be a romantic catalyst when Chris meets Anna Rosemarie Addeo, an Italian immigrant who trains animals, and a fast friendship looks like it could grow into something more. The feature-film debut for Martin Scorsese protege Kevin Jordan, Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire won the Film Discovery at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival.
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Editorial Reviews

All Movie Guide - Karl Williams
This charming, low-budget romantic comedy is a festival award winner and marks the feature film debut of co-writer and director Kevin Jordan as well as the film's real-life brothers/stars. As (respectively) Chris "Goat on Fire" and Tony "Smiling Fish" Remi, Derick Martini and Steven Martini provide their characters with the warmth and charm of young men whose development has been long-arrested. Criticized by some for its affability, Smiling Fish and Goat on Fire is indeed a slight film, but the tone matches the subject matter well. Really about that moment in the lives of young men that so many Generation X "slacker"-type projects address, when childhood slips away and the mantle of adult responsibility is assumed, Jordan's film doesn't lose sight of the fact that these moves are often small ones -- universal in nature but usually insignificant to others. Jordan suggests that this emotional growth spurt doesn't have to be a big deal and can have its own loopy sense of fun; while not a grand statement in the tradition of telegraphed big-budget message pictures, it is just right in a small, well-scripted independent film produced on a budget under 50 grand.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 8/21/2001
  • UPC: 658149784932
  • Original Release: 1999

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  • Source: STUDIO / STERLING
  • Aspect Ratio: Priced for Rental Market
  • Presentation: Priced for Rental Market
  • Format: VHS

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Derick Martini Chris Remi
Christa Miller Kathy
Steven Martini Tony Remi
Bill Henderson Clive Winter
Amy Hathaway Alison
Rosemarie Addeo Anna
Heather Jae Marie Nicole
Nicole Rae Natalie
Wesley Thompson Burt
Technical Credits
Kevin Jordan Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Deanna Aho Set Decoration/Design
Karyn Burgner Set Decoration/Design
Kristen Dolan Asst. Director
Sheilah Graham Executive Producer
Chris Horvath Score Composer
Fred Iannone Cinematographer
Tommy Lynch Executive Producer
Erik Magnus Sound/Sound Designer
Steven Martini Score Composer, Producer, Screenwriter
Derick Martini Producer, Screenwriter
Bob Mithoff Score Composer
Phillip Pennestri Co-producer
Mark Poggi Associate Producer
Matt Rheinbeck Sound/Sound Designer
Ryan Rothmaier Co-producer, Editor
Brittany Taylor Producer
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    wonderful spirited movie

    Hi...One of the best movies I have ever seen period.

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