Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant is a 2015 American comedy film. It stars Mark Feuerstein, Danny Pudi, Jayma Mays, Patrick Warburton and Rebecca Romijn, and was directed by Sam Friedlander and written by Mike Sikowitz. The film concerns a flight attendant who discovers that the airline company he is working for is trying to slash costs by having human flight attendants replaced with robots.[1][2][3][4][5] It was Friedlander's feature film debut as director.[1][6][7]
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| Directed by | Sam Friedlander |
| Produced by | Michael Roiff Ted Kroeber Mark Feuerstein Sam Friedlander |
| Written by | Mike Sikowitz |
| Starring | Mark Feuerstein Danny Pudi Jayma Mays Patrick Warburton Rebecca Romijn |
| Music by | Michael Cohen |
| Cinematography | Elisha Christian |
| Edited by | Sam Restivo |
Production company | Night and Day Pictures |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The film was given a limited release in selected theaters, and was also made public on video on demand on June 5, 2015. Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant was developed by Night and Day Pictures and obtained by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Orion Pictures[8] for distribution.[1]
Cast
- Mark Feuerstein as Larry Gaye[9][10]
- Danny Pudi as Nathan Vignes[11][12]
- Jayma Mays as April Farnekowski[13][14]
- Patrick Warburton as Captain Bryce[11]
- Rebecca Romijn as Sally the Flightpal[13][15][16][17][18][19]
- Stanley Tucci as Publishing Executive[9]
- Henry Winkler as Stanley Warner[9]
- Marcia Gay Harden as President of the FAFAFA[9]
- Molly Shannon as Emily McCoy[9]
- Taye Diggs as Rasta Cab Driver[9][20]
- Ian Gomez as Captain Felder[11]
- Griffin Gluck as Donnie[11]
- Bob Gunton as Flight School Instructor[11]
- Jessica Lowndes as Suzanne[13]
- Leslie Coutterand as Isabella[11]
- Adam Shapiro as Bob Techtronics[11]
- Rosanna Arquette as TV Anchorwoman[11]
- Jason Alexander as Larry's Dad[11]
- Richard Riehle as Bartender[11]
- Anthony Ruivivar as Flight School Administrator[11]
- Michael B. Silver as Charles Geddes[11]
- Guy Wilson as Rhodes Scholar[11]
- Tonya Kay as Helsinki[11]
- Christopher Fitzgerald as Curtis[21]
- John Yuan as Stuart Nevins[11]
- Jere Burns as Herb Thompkins[11]
- Eric Stoltz as Russ Peterson[11]
Production
The project was first announced in November 2012, with Mike Sikowitz penning the screenplay.[9] Mark Feuerstein and Stanley Tucci were the first to join the cast.[9] MarkFeurstein loved Sikowitz's script so much that he shepherded the project to the point of pre-production. Director Sam Friedlander[22] added that his collaboration with Feurstein and Sikowitz was a real homegrown effort. He added how exciting and empowering it was to put something together outside of the traditional model. That according to Friedlander, gave them a lot of creative breathing room.
On March 8, 2013, it was announced that Jessica Lowndes, Jayma Mays and Rebecca Romijn were included to the cast.[13] Stella Angelova was Rebecca Romijn's stunt double.
Filming commenced in 2013 in Los Angeles, California.[21]
Mark Feuerstein told Danielle Solzman of the website Hidden Remote[23] that his character, Larry Gaye, is the guy that's going to save all the other flight attendants from a robot flight attendant, played by Rebecca Romijn, who threatens to replace all of them.
In an interview with Rama Screen, Feuerstein when asked about going from playing a doctor on the TV series Royal Pains to playing a flight attendant[24] "It’s very different to be on the set of a comedy where you’re looking to turn things as ridiculous as possible as opposed to a medical drama, where we’re trying to be as realistic and accurate as possible. But it was so fun to be on a set where on my first day of shooting, instead of trying to figure out how to perform an accurate rendition of a tracheotomy, I’m wearing a strap-on in a bathing suit because I have an erection from Rebecca Romijn who plays a robot flight attendant.”
Release
The film received a limited release and was made available on video on demand on June 5, 2015.[1]
References
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- Sneider, Jeff (November 29, 2012). "Mark Feuerstein clears 'Larry Gaye' for takeoff". Variety. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- Best, Jason (February 26, 2018). "Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant – Airline spoof with plenty of low-flying gags". What's on TV.
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- "INTERVIEW: Mark Feuerstein Talks To Me About 'Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant' And 'Royal Pains' HOT". Rama’s Screen. June 5, 2015.
- Kit, Borys (March 6, 2013). "Rebecca Romijn, Jessica Lowndes and Jayma Mays Join 'Larry Gaye'". Yahoo.
- "LARRY GAYE: RENEGADE MALE FLIGHT ATTENDANT Review". Rama’s Screen. June 4, 2015.
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- Angelova, Stella (June 5, 2015). "Mark Feuerstein, Stella Angelova & Rebecca Romijn on the set of "Larry Gaye- Renegade Male Flight Attendant" (in theaters today) #movies #comedy". Facebook.
- Angelova, Stella (June 5, 2015). "Rebecca Romijn & Stella #LarryGaye #movie". Facebook.
- "Taye Diggs Co-Stars In Ensemble Airlines Dramedy 'Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant'". Shadow and Act. March 11, 2013.
- Gans, Andrew (February 8, 2013). "Christopher Fitzgerald Lands Role in New Film Featuring Mark Feuerstein, Stanley Tucci, Marcia Gay Harden, Taye Diggs". Playbill. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- Nicholas, Tyler (November 17, 2013). "Landing at Air Hollywood". Tyler Nicholas.
- Solzman, Danielle. "Larry Gaye: Royal Pains Star Mark Feuerstein talks to Flicksided". Flicksided.
- "INTERVIEW: Mark Feuerstein Talks To Me About 'Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant' And 'Royal Pains' HOT". Rama Screen. June 5, 2015.