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	Grosse Pointe Blank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grosse Pointe Blank is an 1997 American comedy movie, directed by George Armitage, and starring John Cusack and Minnie Driver.
		While in Grosse Pointe, Blank reunites with old flame Debi Newberry, played by Driver, who was to be his date to the prom when Martin up and disappeared without a trace on prom night after an epiphany caused him to join the Army immediately.
		After their relationship is reforming, Blank is approached by a rival hitman, Grocer, played by Dan Aykroyd, who wants Blank to join him in a union of hitmen, which serves as a comedic sub-plot.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grosse_Pointe_Blank (503 words)

	Salon \| "Grosse Pointe Blank"
		That's the sorry predicament of John Cusack in George Armitage's "Grosse Pointe Blank," which sets out to be a stylish hybrid of fl comedy, action movie and love story and ends up being a shining sunbeam -- albeit a Ray-Ban-tinted one -- about trust and redemption.
		Martin, who's returning to his hometown (after which the movie is titled) to investigate a possible job, figures he might drop in on his 10th high school reunion, and maybe even engineer an assignation with Debi (Minnie Driver), the woman he stood up on prom night lo these many years ago.
		His Martin Blank is deliciously in touch with his own bad self, and only a small handful of his costars -- sister Joan Cusack as Marcella, Martin's efficient woman Friday, Dan Aykroyd as his competitor in the killing biz and Alan Arkin as his reluctant shrink -- can stand up to him.
	www.salon.com /april97/grosse970411.html (927 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Grosse Pointe Blank [1997]: DVD: John Cusack,Minnie Driver,Alan Arkin,Dan Aykroyd,Joan Cusack,Hank ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Grosse Pointe Blank is an amiable fl comedy, cowritten by Cusack and directed by Jonathan Demme protégé George Armitage (Miami Blues), has the feel of Demme's Something Wild and Married to the Mob--which is to say its humour is dark and brightly coloured at the same time.
		The story is framed around Blank's disappearance on prom night ten years previous and his sudden and unexpected return on the eve of his ten-year class reunion at Grosse Pointe (Michigan) High School.
		Martin Blank (John Cusak) is becoming increasingly troubled by his choice of career as a hit man (a fact he makes plain in an early hilarious scene with Alan Arkin as his Psychiatrist) and fate lands him a job and a High School Reunion in his hometown of Grosse Point.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Grosse-Pointe-Blank-John-Cusack/dp/B00004CXYL (1413 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Martin Q. Blank disappeared from his hometown of Grosse Pointe, Mich., on the night of his senior prom, joined the Army, became an assassin and eventually opened his own business.
		Grosse Pointe Blank is a risky piece of work, if only because it's hard to create a professional hit man people can identify with.
		And there's the inevitable fun of reunion night as Blank takes on all the forces of evil, not the least of which is a drunken classmate who just wants somebody to "do some blow" with him.
	www.rambles.net /grosse_pointe.html (561 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank - Days in the fabulous life of Lewe
		Grosse Pointe Blank has been one of my favourite movies for quite some time already and I enjoy watching it over and over again.
		This is a pretty nice example of the dialogues that await you when watching 'Grosse Pointe Blank', since the age of the movie I guess many of you have seen it until today - to all the others I can only warmly recommend this one - it's one of my personal favourites.
		'Grosse Pointe' is actually a city in the USA to be precise in the state of Michigan and because of this we germans have our own (queer) title for this movie, which is: "Ein Mann - Ein Mord"...
	blog.zipfel.dk /index.php?/archives/443-Grosse-Pointe-Blank.html (958 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank (UK - DVD R2) in Reviews > Video Discs at DVDActive
		Grosse Pointe Blank is a fl comedy written and starring John Cusack.
		The finale of the film is superb, with Blank in Debi's family home protecting her and her father by having gunfights with many hitmen from Grocer's Union while simultaneously professing his love to Debi.
		Grosse Pointe Blank has no extras on it at all, which to be honest, is not acceptable - although, to be fair, it is a fairly old release now - surely it's time there was a special edition of this film done?
	www.dvdactive.com /reviews/dvd/grosse-pointe-blank.html (851 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank
		Grosse Pointe Blank, which is quite violent at times, needs Cusack's witty aura of decency.
		The freshest aspect of Grosse Pointe Blank is the depressed hit man's encounters with his fellow alumni in town and at the reunion.
		Grosse Pointe Blank is smartly directed by George Armitage, whose 1990 Miami Blues wasn't as successful a balance of quirky and queasy; the gore sometimes drowned the humor.
	www.angelfire.com /movies/oc/gpb.html (910 words)

	dvdfuture.com :: Review - Grosse Pointe Blank
		Grosse Pointe Blank is one of the most original comedies to come along in a long time.
		The film follows a weekend in the life of Martin Blank (John Cusack), a professional hit man. This is no ordinary weekend, though, this is the weekend where he decides to go back to Grosse Point, Michigan for his high school reunion.
		Grosse Pointe Blank is easily one of the most original and engaging films of the past few years.
	www.dvdfuture.com /review.php?id=78 (621 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Blank (John Cusack) has made something of himself, after he left Grosse Pointe 10 years ago, standing up Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver) on prom night in the process.
		Shadow detail was generally pretty good, though at one point, a comment is made about Martin's tie, which is not at all clearly defined in the image at the time.
		Grosse Pointe Blank is a great movie presented on an excellent disc.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/GrossePointeBlank.asp (665 words)

	GROSSE POINTE BLANK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		WOMAN (V.O.)...We hope Grosse Pointe High prepared you well to lead the kind of life that makes an impact on the world...
		And Grosse Pointe is now officially the new sister city to Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
		He turns and points the gun at the front door and FIRES two shots through it, leaving two baseball-size holes in the door.
	www.dailyscript.com /scripts/grosse_point_blank.html (14166 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
		Besides, he hasn't been back to Grosse Pointe in the past decade and he doesn't feel the need to break the habit.
		Arriving back in Grosse Pointe, very little appears to have changed in the intervening years (on the surface, at least).
		Central to Grosse Pointe Blank is Cusack; with an inspired performance, he manages to capture the peculiar air of insouciance and fear that hangs around Martin.
	www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Grosse_Pointe.html (850 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank
		As played irresistibly by John Cusack, Martin Q. Blank is just one more overworked, stressed-out careerist who is forced to do some soul-searching when he re-encounters old friends.
		The film's exemplary glimpses of Grosse Pointe, the gilded Detroit suburb, were mostly shot in Pasadena.
		Rating: "Grosse Pointe Blank" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian).
	partners.nytimes.com /library/film/blank-film-review.html (738 words)

	DVD Empire - Item - Grosse Pointe Blank / DVD-Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For Martin Blank, a hit man stuck in a career rut, attending his 10-year class reunion is about the last thing he is in the mood for!
		Grosse Point Blank is an offbeat comedy with a very dark side about a hitman who decides to take a break from his chosen profession to go to his high school reunion, only to find that, he can not escape the violence in his life.
		"Gross Point Blank" is a killer comedy that hits the mark as Cusack is right on target to make a powerful action comedy.
	www.dvdempire.com /Exec/movie.asp?movie_id=1509 (494 words)

	Catallarchy » Grosse Pointe Blank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Grosse Pointe, a suburb of Detroit, restricts its parks to only residents of the city (unless non-residents are brought in as guests), and is also used as a selling point to draw people into moving into the city.
		Everyone in Grosse Pointe is paying a fee for the upkeep of the park without choice, meaning that even those who don’t wish to subsidize the city parks must also pay.
		I think a compromising gesture that could be undertaken by Grosse Pointe is to simply charge a nominal entrance fee for any non-resident who wants to enter (rather than simply ban non-residents).
	catallarchy.net /blog/archives/2003/07/17/grosse-pointe-blank (635 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank
		Oatman, a therapist whom he doesn't pay but instead extorts into weekly confessionals) to Existential Maunderings (Blank finally explaining to Debi (and to us) how he came to the point where killing for money was acceptable (and enjoyable)).
		I was quite bemused to note that with no important character back in Grosse Pointe (nor with many unimportant ones) does Blank embellish or obscure his personal history of the past ten years; he tells them he is a contract killer, but no one takes him at his word.
		That it requires plot developments ranging from the treacly to the homicidal for Blank to make this realization might say something about the age demographic the film hopes to snare with its nostalgic trappings.
	www.speakeasy.org /~demiurge/gpb.html (459 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank (1997): Reviews
		In this fl comedy, a philosophical hit man (Cusack) reluctantly accepts an assignment in Detroit which coincides with his 10-year high school reunion in the upscale suburb of Grosse Point, Michigan.
		Grosse Pointe Blank is covering the same kind of territory as that elephantine, if exciting, 1994 family man-killer thriller, "True Lies." But this time, the joke stings.
		As Blank, Cusack is both proud and remorseful.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/grossepointeblank (676 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank movie review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		John Cusack plays Martin Blank, a professional killer attending his high school reunion and confronting his high school sweet heart who he stood up on prom night and hasn't seen in 10 years.
		Blank not only has to deal with his feeling for Debi Newberry (Minnie Driver), but also with the reaction to his opposition to a plan to unionise professional killers (it seems like a satire straight out the Simpsons, doesn't it?).
		Joan Cusack, who plays Blank's highly-efficient secretary, is terrific as is Aykroyd, in one of the best roles I've seen in a while.
	www.ram.org /ramblings/movies/grosse_pointe_blank.html (300 words)

	Dead Film Walking: Grosse Pointe Blank Movie Review (NY Rock)
		Grosse Pointe Blank, released by Hollywood Pictures, is the story of Martin Q. Blank, a professional assassin who reaches an unexpected state of satori just about the time of his high school reunion.
		It was about at this point in the film that my head hit the seat in front of me, so I’m not quite sure what prompted the Cusack character to reach enlightenment.
		To be fair, Grosse Pointe Blank does have it’s good points: Joe Strummer’s soundtrack is excellent and there were plenty of action scenes.
	www.nyrock.com /movies/1997/gpblank.asp (626 words)

	Dan Aykroyd: Grosse Pointe Blank - Movie
		Grosse Point Blank, starring John Cusack and Minnie Driver, was quite enjoyable.
		It focused on a professional hit man (Martin Blank, played by John Cusack) with the gruesome task of completing his next mission in his hometown of Grosse Point, Michigan, to which he relunctantly accepts.
		While in Grosse Point, he is also on the run from an angry associate's henchmen.
	www.superiorpics.com /dan_aykroyd/movie/1997_grosse_pointe_blank.html (512 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank . Metro Pulse . 11-17-97
		John Cusack stars as Martin Blanke, a high-strung fellow who happens to be a professional assassin.
		Thus, he decides to attend his high school reunion in search of the girl he left behind (Minnie Driver), perhaps to rekindle the romance and figure out who he is. Meanwhile, a contract is put out on his own head.
		Sounds like it could be terrible, but Grosse Pointe Blank has such a delicious sense of fl humor in its whip-smart dialogue that it's a delight.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/knox/g/grossepointeblank1.html (518 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank
		Marty Blank chose the latter, leaving his home town of Grosse Pointe and going awol for a decade.
		Forced into attending his High School reunion to complete his latest assignment, Marty is finally given the chance to return home, and rekindle his relationship with the girl he stood up on prom night all those years ago.
		Despite being based around this cringeworthy scenario, Grosse Pointe Blank culls only the finest alternative bands of the eighties to mould a soundtrack which is as evocative of the film itself as of its decade.
	www.hobgoblinsandeskimos.50megs.com /GrossePointeBlank.htm (576 words)

	Radio Free Grosse Pointe - A GPB Tribute
		"Grosse Pointe Blank" is one of the best overlooked films of the last ten years.
		John Cusack stars as Martin Q. Blank, a jaded hitman who finds himself having an identity crisis upon being invited to his 10 year high school reunion.
		By stroke of luck, Martin's next hit is to take place in his old home town of Grosse Pointe.
	www.angelfire.com /film/grossepointe/main.html (441 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The story deals with a professional assassin, who, after screwing up one job, is given a chance to complete another one in Detroit, which happens to be where his college reunion is that weekend.
		There is a scene fairly early on in GROSSE POINT BLANK where John Cusack (Martin Blank, hence the title; Grosse Pointe is the location of the reunion) is visiting Joan Cusack (his mother in the story) amd the mother is suffering from obvious memory loss.
		The jokes are fairly sick; she tells Blank she had talked to his father recently, and the next scene shows Blank at his father's grave, which has his death date as 1989.
	members.tripod.com /~JT22KEWL/GrossePointeBlank.html (407 words)

	Grosse Pointe Blank mistakes, goofs and bloopers
		Continuity: In the scene where Blank gives Debi an aeroplane ride on his feet, he takes off his cap to lie on the bed.
		Revealing: In the scene at the end, at the Newberry house, where Blank and Grocer meet in the kitchen, you can see that Blanks weapon is empty but he keeps shooting with it.
		Continuity: In the scene where Blank goes into the DJ booth to talk to his high school girlfriend, every time the camera goes back and forth to her, her necklace is twisted and then untwisted.
	www.moviemistakes.com /film570 (973 words)

	Amazon.com: Grosse Pointe Blank: DVD: John Cusack,Minnie Driver,Alan Arkin,Dan Aykroyd,Joan Cusack,Hank Azaria,K. Todd ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.
		Plot Synopsis: Martin Blank is a professional assassin.
		John Cusack is likeable, as always, as the hired assassin who heads home to Grosse Pointe after a long absence under the ruse of attending a class reunion, though he has been hired to make a hit.
	www.amazon.com /Grosse-Pointe-Blank-John-Cusack/dp/1558908382 (1535 words)

	Amazon.de: Grosse Pointe Blank: DVD: John Cusack,Minnie Driver,Tom Jankiewicz,George Armitage,Dan Aykroyd,Joe Strummer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Martin Blank (ein wunderbar unscheinbarer und neurotischer John Cusack) -- die von diesem Namen angedeutete Leere sollte man ruhig wörtlich nehmen -- ist ein Profikiller und ziemlich erfolgreich, nur steckt er in einer verfrühten Midlife-Crisis.
		Gleich mehrmals kommt es in Grosse Pointe Blank zu gewalttätigen Auseinandersetzungen zwischen Martin und anderen Killern, die direkt aus einem John-Woo- oder Quentin-Tarantino-Film stammen könnten.
		Grosse Pointe Blank ist ein ganz netter Film, aber meines Erachtens nicht so berauschend, wie er hier von einigen Rezensenten dargestellt wird.
	www.amazon.de /Grosse-Pointe-Blank-John-Cusack/dp/B00005AXLD (1272 words)

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