Longshot (film)

Longshot
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Directed byLionel C. Martin
Written by
Produced by
  • Louis Pearlman
  • Tony DeCamillis
  • Lionel C. Martin
Starring
CinematographySergio Arguello
Edited byWilliam Young
Music byLalo Schifrin
Distributed byTranscontinental Pictures
Release date
  • October 25, 2001 (2001-10-25)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20.3 million

Longshot is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Lionel C. Martin, and co-written by Lou Pearlman, as a promotional tool to promote the acting debuts of his succession of successful boybands and girl groups, such as NSYNC, O-Town and Natural, as well as singer Britney Spears, girlband Innosense and pop-hip hop trio LFO, all of whom had cameo appearances in the film, as Pearlman had worked with all of them during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Hunter Tylo, Paul Sorvino Antonio Sabato Jr., Zachery Ty Bryan, and Kenny Rogers star in the film and Spears has a cameo.

The plot recounts the tale of a young boy, Alex Taylor, who gets caught up in his brother's activities as a gigolo, and uses each of the said pop acts as a tool within the film.