Hollywood insiders are whispering that actor Randy Quaid’s recent bizarre behavior and troubles with the law are actually part of a new pseudo-documentary being filmed entitled “I’m Still Here II: Psychotic Boogaloo”. The film, being shot on location in Santa Barbara and Vancouver, depicts the star and his wife Evi as paranoid outlaws who travel to Canada to escape a cabal of assassins as well as to avoid burglary and fraud charges.
The film is a follow-up to the controversial 2010 movie “I’m Still Here” which starred a bearded Joaquin Phoenix as a jaded Tinseltown celebrity also named Joaquin Phoenix who tries to launch a second career as a rap musician. With all of the media attention the Quaids have been receiving recently, studio executives are hopeful that the sequel will earn at least as much as the $17.75 earned by the first film.
“We thought that Randy’s recent performance as Rockin’ Rory in ‘Stanley’s Dinosaur Round-Up‘ would have put him once again onto Hollywood’s A-List,” said John Howard, Quaid’s longtime agent. “When that failed to happen, we knew he had to take greater risks to move his career forward.”
Quaid’s gamble appears to have paid off as film critics and media experts are abuzz about the new project.
“In crafting this highly charged cinéma vérité, the filmmakers are clearly following in the footsteps of such pioneering works as “C’était Un Rendez-Vous” and “The Real Gilligan’s Island,” said film studies professor Daniel Richmond of Columbia College in Chicago. “In it, Quaid is returning to edgier performances, like his earlier portrayal of the working class Cousin Eddie in “National Lampoon’s Vacation“, a character who eschews bourgeois, consumerist moral standards to live a life unburdened by guilt, whether that means a free love relationship with Cousin Vicki or, now, skipping out on a $10,000 hotel bill.”
“The inclusion of the murderous ‘Hollywood Star Whackers’ sub-plot is brilliant,” observed New York Times film critic A.O. Scott, “reminiscent of the paranoia depicted in the early works of Kubrick and Scorsese. The fact that they reference the real-life deaths of David Carradine and Heath Ledger as a cover for their own selfish acts is both tasteless and genius at the same time.”
People who have seen drafts of the screenplay to “Psychotic Boogaloo” expect that Quaid will soon announce that he has discovered the secret to cold fusion in a can of Mott’s Clamato Juice and that God speaks to him through his pet iguana, Iggy. For the film’s stunning climax, Quaid will attempt to make it rain saltine crackers on a busy highway in San Mateo County before ascending into the heavens while a choir of angels sings his praises.
“Not since Sylvester Stallone starred in ‘Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot’ has a celebrity acted with such reckless disregard for his reputation,” said Richmond. “Quaid is certain to receive either an Oscar for his performance or a lobotomy. I’m just not sure which.”
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