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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Questionable for Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1993 DVD Release: 05/22/2001 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins Studio: MGM Total Copies: 20 Genres: Comedy, Parody/Spoof, Satire, Odd Couple Film

When African-American professional Andrew Sterling (Samual L. Jackson) moves into a summer home on an up-tight all-white New England resort island, the snoopy white neighbors are sure he must be breaking and entering. They call the cops who get too rambunctious and break into Sterling's limo, tripping its security alarm. When Sterling shows up to stop the alarm and pulls out his keys to open the car, a skittish cop thinks he's pulling a gun and opens fire. Now things are really a mess, because not only have these cops screwed up big-time, they've screwed up big-time in an election year when their Police Chief (Dabney Coleman) just happens to be running for re-election. This mess-up smacks too much as a race-inspired melee, so Chief Tolliver arranges a cover-up to keep his reputation intact. He hires a drifter to pose as a thief so the cops will have a legitimate reason for "protecting" the vacationing Sterling. Things continue to complicate in this airbrush farce, that attempts to lighten with laughter, the delicate and combustible subject of American race relations. ~ All Movie Guide

Nicolas Cage - Amos Odell
Samuel L. Jackson - Andrew Sterling
Dabney Coleman - Chief of Police Cecil Tolliver
Michael Lerner - Phil Gillman
Margaret Colin - Judy Gillman

E. Max Frye's racial comedy Amos & Andrew comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. English and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. Spanish and French subtitles are accessible, and the English soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include the original theatrical trailer. This is an unimpressive release from MGM/UA. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide