Teresa's Tattoo

Teresa's Tattoo
Teresa's Tattoo
Directed by	Julie Cypher
Written by	Georgie Huntington; Marc Cushman (additional dialogue)
Story by	Samuel Benedict
Produced by	Samuel Benedict; Lisa M. Hansen; Philip McKeon; Marc Rocco
Starring	C. Thomas Howell; Adrienne Shelly; Nancy McKeon; Lou Diamond Phillips
Cinematography	Sven Kirsten
Edited by	Christopher Rouse
Music by	Andrew Keresztes
Production; companies	CineTel Films; Trimark Pictures; Yankee Entertainment Group
Distributed by	Trimark Pictures
Release date	March 15, 1994;
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Teresa's Tattoo(also known asNatural Selection) is a 1994 Americanaction comedy-crime filmdirected byJulie Cypher.The film starsC. Thomas Howell,Nancy McKeon,Lou Diamond Phillips,Melissa Etheridge,who also performed songs for the film,Casey Siemaszko,Adrienne Shelly,andMajel Barrett.^[1]^[2]^[3]It was filmed in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Teresa's Tattoowas produced byCineTel Films,Trimark Pictures, and Yankee Entertainment Group Inc. It was distributed by Trimark Pictures.

Plot

The film starts with Gloria (Adrienne Shelly), who is being heldhostage,bothering her captors in charge of watching her, Mooney (Anthony Clark) and Titus (Matt Adler), by changing the channel the two were watching on television and jumping in front of the TV. Titus then scolds and takes the remote from Gloria and suggests she should go take a swim in the pool outside which she subsequently obliges. While playing in the pool, Gloria hauls a trampoline near the edge of the pool and begins to jump on it before slipping and falling in the pool. The film then cuts to a university where Teresa Brigger (also Adrienne Shelly), a mathematician grad student that bears an uncanny resemblance to Gloria, is talking to her friend Bruno, (Joe Pantoliano) about her plans for the upcomingspring break.She plans on not celebrating the coming holiday and wants to continue studying math. The film cuts back to the pool where Carl (C. Thomas Howell), Titus and Mooney's boss, shows up to find their hostage who is supposed to be exchanged later in a ransom deal with Gloria's half-witted brother, Michael (Casey Siemaszko) and his associate, Wheeler (Lou Diamond Phillips) for the earrings she is wearing that is secretly holograph plans to a confidentialNASAspace program, dead after drowning in the pool. The trio then decide to search for a girl that looks like the deceased Gloria so they can complete the deal. Teresa and Bruno then go to a gathering where she encounters Bruno's friend and her ex love interest, Rick (Jonathan Silverman).

Cast

C. Thomas Howellas Carl
Nancy McKeonas Sara
Lou Diamond Phillipsas Wheeler
Casey Siemaszkoas Michael
Brian Davila as Elvis
Jonathan Silvermanas Rick
Joe Pantolianoas Bruno
Melissa Etheridgeas the hooker
Adrienne Shellyas Teresa Brigger / Gloria
Majel Barrettas Henrietta
Anthony Clarkas Mooney
Tippi Hedrenas Evelyn Hill
Matt Adleras Titus
k.d. langas Michelle
Sean Astin(Uncredited)as Step Brother
Kiefer Sutherland(Uncredited)as Roadblock Officer
Nanette Fabrayas Martha Mae

Home media

The film was released onVHSin the U.S. byLionsgate Home Entertainment.^[4]

Soundtrack

"2001" – Written and Performed byMelissa Etheridge
"I Really Must Be Going" – Written and Performed byMelissa Etheridge
"All American Girl" – Written and Performed byMelissa Etheridge
"Do It For The Rush" – Written and Performed byMelissa Etheridge
"Save Myself" – Written byMelissa Etheridge;Performed byMare Winningham
"No Strings Attached" – Written by Simone Lazer and Audrey Koz; Performed byBetty Ball
"When You're Near" – Written and Performed byDavid Adjian
"Pool Cue Music" – Written and Performed byRichard Friedman
"All Night Long" – Written by Mark Gast; Performed byRaging Storm
"Betrayal of Kings" – Written by Mark Gast; Performed bySalem's Wych
"Lover Lay Down" – Written and Performed byK.O.
"Alah" – Written and Performed byAndrew Kereazies
"I Feel You" – Written and Performed byAndrew Kereazies
"Silver Bullet" – Written by Leigh Lawson & Jack Marsh; Performed byLeigh Lawson
"Coming Down On Me" – Written by Leigh Lawson & Pete Sadony; Performed byLeigh Lawson

Production crew

Samuel Benedict (producer)
Lisa M. Hansen(producer)
Philip McKeon(producer)
Paul Hertzberg(executive producer)
Marc Rocco(executive producer)
Georgie Huntington (associate producer)
Catalaine Knell (co-producer)
Donald C. McKeon (co-producer)
Russell D. Markkowitz (line producer)

References

^Luck 1997,p. 141.
^Maltin, Leonard(2012).Leonard Maltin's 2013 Movie Guide: The Modern Era(Original ed.).New York City:Plume.ISBN 978-0452298545.
^Maltin, Leonard(2017).Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide(Revised ed.).New York City:Plume.ISBN 978-0525536192.
^Teresa's Tattoo.Lionsgate Home Entertainment(VHS).Santa Monica, California:Lionsgate.February 28, 1995.ASIN 6303343910.RetrievedJuly 7,2020.

Sources

Luck, Joyce (1997).Melissa Etheridge: Our Little Secret.Toronto:ECW Press. p. 141.ISBN 978-1550222982.

External links

[FOOTNOTELuck1997141-1] Luck 1997,p. 141.

[2] Maltin, Leonard(2012).Leonard Maltin's 2013 Movie Guide: The Modern Era(Original ed.).New York City:Plume.ISBN 978-0452298545.

[3] Maltin, Leonard(2017).Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide(Revised ed.).New York City:Plume.ISBN 978-0525536192.

[4] Teresa's Tattoo.Lionsgate Home Entertainment(VHS).Santa Monica, California:Lionsgate.February 28, 1995.ASIN 6303343910.RetrievedJuly 7,2020.

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