bar   jealousy   name change   fired from the job   brawl   family relationships   car chase   absurdism   character name in title   beach   father son relationship   singing   urban setting   journalism   manhattan new york city   flashback   bare chested male   suicide attempt   1980s   bowling ball   1990s   character repeating someone else's dialogue   cat   african american   lingerie   psychic   cover up   car crash   cia   apartment   blindness   severed hand   road trip   cocaine   canadian   california   based on true story   ghost   bet   commercial   interview   rivalry   freeze frame   eyeglasses   journalist   motorcycle   interracial kiss   interracial relationship   interracial sex   photographer   year 1979   three word title   crack cocaine   flute   employer employee relationship   subtitled scene   knife in the head   axe   fame   cameo   lighthouse   job promotion   bat   character's point of view camera shot   san diego california   braggadocio   u.s. government   anchorman   family dinner   news anchor   news spoof   newsroom   scene after end credits   soul   shark attack   character says i love you   drug smuggling   hanged man   reference to michael jackson   media manipulation   ghetto   condom   piano playing   werewolf   news reporter   australian   eye surgery   ray gun   ice skating   butter   written by star   investigative reporter   investigative journalism   central intelligence agency   minotaur   witch hunt   winnebago   camera focus on female butt   smear campaign   woman slaps a man   close up of eyes   telling someone to shut up   green screen   piano recital   reference to cher   reference to margaret thatcher   reference to the brady bunch   sea world   year 1980   cocaine smuggler   drug smuggler   nicaraguan contras   reference to gary webb   san jose mercury news the newspaper   u.s. nicaragua relationship   government cover up   friendship   dog   funeral   cemetery   hit with a baseball bat   scorpion   explosion   hit in the crotch   dolphin   scene during opening credits   written by director   nonlinear timeline   mother son relationship   trident   ignorance   supernatural power   restaurant   husband wife relationship   transformation   slow motion scene   reporter   shark   underwater scene   sequel   news report   reference to o.j. simpson   stupidity   television news   painting   wedding