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Release Date: 1996
Cast: Jon Cryer, Tim Guinee, Paige Turco, Kristin Scott Thomas, Roscoe Lee Browne, Chalie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, Mia Sara, Arabella Field, Adam Oliensis, Charlie Murphy, Adrian Pasdar ...MORE
Cast: Jon Cryer, Tim Guinee, Paige Turco, Kristin Scott Thomas, Roscoe Lee Browne, Chalie Murphy, Jennifer Tilly, Mia Sara, Arabella Field, Adam Oliensis, Charlie Murphy, Adrian Pasdar, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Kristen Wilson ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Comedy-Drama, Indie, Romance Film, Comedy, Ensemble Film, Romantic Comedy
The Pompatus of Love is a 1996 film that tells the story of four guys discussing women and the meaning of the word "pompatus". This made-up word is found in two Steve Miller songs, "Enter Maurice" and "The Joker", the latter of which contains the line "Some people call me Maurice / 'cause I speak of the pompatus of love". Wolfman Jack can also be heard using the term in his spoken lines in The Guess Who's "Clap For The Wolfman."
The low-budget, independent film received mixed reviews but won several minor awards.
The film revolves around four friends and their relationships with women. Set... MORE
The Pompatus of Love is a 1996 film that tells the story of four guys discussing women and the meaning of the word "pompatus". This made-up word is found in two Steve Miller songs, "Enter Maurice" and "The Joker", the latter of which contains the line "Some people call me Maurice / 'cause I speak of the pompatus of love". Wolfman Jack can also be heard using the term in his spoken lines in The Guess Who's "Clap For The Wolfman."
The low-budget, independent film received mixed reviews but won several minor awards.
The film revolves around four friends and their relationships with women. Set to the background of upscale Manhattan bars, lofts and apartments, the guys engage in sharp banter and one-upsmanship. The characters, Mark, a therapist (Jon Cryer); Runyon, a playwright (Tim Guinee); Josh, a playboy (Adrian Pasdar) and Phil, a plumber (Adam Oliensis), try (generally unsuccessfully) to sort out their troubled love-lives. Mark and his girlfriend (Kristen Wilson) are hung up over moving in together; Runyon is hung up over his old girlfriend Kathryn (Dana Wheeler-Nicholson), who has moved to Los Angeles; the womanizing Josh is hung up on Phil's sister, Gina (Paige Turco), who has an LESS
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