Unlikely Glossary Project
Sneakers
A favorite of
Nick and the
RRRs. A group of misfit security consultants, intrigue, brilliant ensemble-cast work.
Cast
- Robert Redford—Martin Bryce/Bishop
- Sidney Poitier—Donald Crease
- Dan Ackroyd—Mother
- David Strathairn—Whistler
- River Phoenix—Carl
- Mary McDonnell—Liz
- Timothy Busfield—Dick
- Stephen Tobolowski—Werner Brandes
- James Earl Jones—Abbot
- Ben Kingsley—Cosmo
h2. Quotes
See IMDB
h2. Notes
The phone number Mary gives Carl is 415-273-9164.
Down-home Bay Area setting—the dunbarton (sp?) bridge is a plot point, the sneakers operate out of the Fox Theater in downtown Oakland.
Features UGP favorites Stephen Tobolowksi (better known as Max Applewhite) and Timothy Busfield and not-quite-favorite but certainly UGP-notable Donal Logue
The anagrams for Setec Astronomy used in the film are “Montery’s Coast”, “My Socrates Note”, and “Cootys Rat Semen”.