Opie Gets Laid
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| Directed by | James Ricardo |
| Produced by |
Heidemarie Fuentes Christopher Gosch James Ricardo Rogina |
| Written by | James Ricardo |
| Starring | James Ricardo April Wade Ute Werner Jesselynn Desmond |
| Cinematography | Christopher Gosch |
| Edited by | Thom Obarski Christopher Gosch |
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The Company Pictures
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| Distributed by | Vivendi Entertainment |
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Running time
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75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US$100,000 |
Opie Gets Laid is a 2005 American independent romantic comedy film originally titled Sunnyvale for its film festival submissions. The film is written and directed by James Ricardo and stars James Ricardo, April Wade, Ute Werner and Jesselynn Desmond.
At 30 years old, Opie (James Ricardo) is a virgin whose existence is made up of watching pornography and eating junk food. One day a drug dealer named Thai (April Wade) mistakenly comes to his door. She decides to help Opie by finding him a good woman, initially (and unsuccessfully) by online personal ads. Thai and Opie end up sleeping together while high on marijuana, and then end up seeing each other regularly. Opie starts having sex with other women, including Thai's lesbian lover Dakota (Ute Werner) and a "gun-toting" nymphomaniac named Rain (Jesselynn Desmond).
The film was shot at the Higgins Building in Los Angeles, in a New York City-style loft, and is partly autobiographical. According to writer/director James Ricardo, it was [originally] called Sunnyvale because he "didn't know what else to call it", and expanding, "Much like movie titles like Eraserhead. Sunnyvale is a comedic sounding title. It's a city that could only be in California." Under its new title it is distributed by Vivendi Entertainment.
The film was titled Sunnyvale during its film festival run and was the winner of the William Shatner Golden Groundhog Award for 'Best Underground Movie' of 2005. The award has been described by critic Joshua Taylor as "maybe... just a veiled promotional tool for William Shatner's new DVD of the month club".
SFist wrote that "...writer/director James Ricardo also starred in the movie and he was definitely the weakest of the actors. So it was hard to tell if it was just wooden acting that make Ricardo, the character, so passive or if he was intended to be. Talking to other filmgoers about it afterwards, we all seemed confused. No one really disliked it but everyone seemed unsure if they liked it really, or if they just wanted to like it."
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