Amos & Andrew
Amos amp Andrew is a 1993 comedy starring Nicolas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson, filmed in and around Wilmington, North Carolina. It concerns wealthy AfricanAmerican playwright Andrew Sterlings Jackson purchase of a summer home on a predominantly white island. The films title parodies that of the sitcom Amos n Andy. The premise also appears to be a riff on The Defiant Ones.
Police surround the home, armed and body armored as Andrew reads peacefully inside the home. Meanwhile, down the road, the Gillmans meet reporters as they walk back to their home and inform the press of the story. As the police move in, Andrews car alarm goes off and with keys in hand, goes outside to shut it off where he is met with gunfire. The reporters arrive and interview Chief Tolliver Dabney Coleman, who speaks to Andrew over the phone and realizes his mistake. To avoid the bad publicity, the Chief offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell Nicolas Cage, a deal.The Chief orders Amos to break into Andrews home, hold the writer hostage, and give himself up, in exchange for free passage out of town. Armed with the shotgun given to him by the Chief, Amos enters the house under the Chiefs direction and ties up Andrew. Andrew believes Amos is an assassin sent to kill him due to his published views against white America. ........
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