The Moguls Dvd  Cert 15 150mins  

Jeff Bridges, Tim Blake Nelson, Joe Pantoliano, William Fichtner, Ted Danson Director: Michael Traeger 

Comedy starring Jeff Bridges as small-town loser Andy Sargentee. Broke, unemployed, and having seen all of his get-rich-quick schemes come to nothing, Andy has to sit back and watch while his ex-wife marries a rich businessman who can provide Andy's son with all the things he wants. Surrounded by his deadbeat friends, Andy suddenly hits on the perfect way to make his fortune - filming his own porno feature.

Unable to hold down a steady job, Andy Sargentee (Jeff Bridges) becomes an adult filmmaker in a bid to get rich quick. When his ex-wife remarries into money, his pride his hurt and he wants to spoil their son in an attempt to show her what she’s missing. On hand to lend a hand are friends, Barney (Tim Blake Nelson), Otis (William Fichtner), Moose (an uncharacteristically camp Ted Danson) and Some Idiot (played with understated dignity by Joe Pantoliano). The Moguls is a quirky, light-hearted romp that has its fill of awkward moments and sexual innuendo, in a similar vein to The Independent (starring Jerry Stiller as a failed B-movie director). The comedy payoff comes from seeing the residents of Butterface Field--a sleepy town that’s supposed to represent Middle America--react to the seemingly incongruous task of putting together an adult movie. Jeff Bridges revisits the hippy side he displayed so brilliantly in The Big Lebowski, this time in the form of Andy Sargentee, a well-intentioned director of adult movies.