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Your Juice in the Hood) as Tec; and RYAN O’NEAL (People I Know, Epoch) as Bill Gluckman, the wealthy Malibu businessman and absentee father who fears his son “B‑Rad” will spoil his bid for governor. SNOOP DOGG makes a special appearance as the inspirational Ronnie Rizat, as does BO DEREK (10, The Master of Disguise) as Brad’s mom, Bess Gluckman.
Directed by JOHN WHITESELL (Calendar Girl, See Spot Run), Malibu’s Most Wanted is produced by MIKE KARZ (Max Keeble’s Big Move, JKX: The Jamie Kennedy Experiment), FAX BAHR and ADAM SMALL (In Living Color, MADTV and JKX: The Jamie Kennedy Experiment) from a screenplay written by FAX BAHR & ADAM SMALL & JAMIE KENNEDY and NICK SWARDSON. BILL JOHNSON (A Walk to Remember, The Kid) serves as executive producer; the director of photography is MARK IRWIN, C.S.C.-A.S.C.; BILL ELLIOTT is the production designer; the film is edited by CARA SILVERMAN, A.C.E; the co-producers are RUSSELL HOLLANDER and JOSH ETTING; themes by JOHN DEBNEY; the music score is by JOHN VAN TONGEREN with DAMON ELLIOTT.
Livin’ in the ‘Bu, trying hard to survive
It’s a struggle sometimes just to stay alive, yo.
Livin’ in the ‘Bu, trying hard to make it
It’s a struggle sometimes when people think you’re fakin’.
– Brad “B‑Rad” Gluckman
Meet Brad “B‑Rad” Gluckman, Malibu’s most unwanted rapper. When he ain’t tippin’ back a Frapachizzo with his crew at their hizz‑ome away from home, the Malibrew Coffee Shop, B‑Rad’s busting rhymes for his self‑styled hip‑hop album Malibootay and representin’ the hardcore “sippin’ on gin and Jamba Juice” lifestyle in “the ‘Bu.”
While he waits for his rap career to blow up, B-Rad’s living the life, hangin’ with the hardest crews in the oceanfront community: The Beach Bőyz! and The A.C.C.’s (Abused Children of Celebrities). It’s nothin’ but a B-thang, baby.
“B-Rad thinks he’s down with what’s going on in the streets even though he’s never been east of the San Diego Freeway,” says Malibu’s Most Wanted co-writer and star Jamie Kennedy, who first created the naďvely winning B‑Rad character in the early 90s and incorporated him into his stand‑up comedy act. “I used to see this white kid hanging out in a coffee shop in West Hollywood who was always talking about how ‘hard’ he was even though he grew up in Beverly Hills, and I thought it was such a funny juxtaposition,” Kennedy recalls. “I grew up in the suburbs and I’ve listened to rap music since I was ten years old, so the character is definitely part of me, too. I gave B‑Rad the background of living in Malibu because it seemed like the most ludicrous notion of all.”
Like the rappers who inspire him, B‑Rad rhymes about the hardships of life as he knows it, from the mad traffic up in the ‘Bu (“Traffic, traffic / Lookin’ for my Chapstick ...
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