Chris Pine crafts a Raymond Chandler style mystery in his directorial debut.
Darren Barrenman is a hapless dreamer and would-be philosopher who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki in sunny Los Angeles and crashing city council meetings with his neighbours Jack and Diane. When Darren uncovers the greatest water heist in LA history since Chinatown, he makes uneasy alliances with a beautiful and connected femme fatale while following every lead he can with corrupt city officials, burned out Hollywood types, and mysterious benefactors – all in the name of protecting his precious Los Angeles, and his pool. Lovingly crafted as a tribute to Los Angeles, Poolman takes the pieces of LA Noirs like Chinatown and The Long Goodbye with the irreverence of The Big Lebowski and the affection of La La Land.
Starring Chris Pine (Star Trek), Annette Bening (Nyad), Danny DeVito (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), DeWanda Wise (Jurassic World: Dominion) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Poolman is produced by Stacey Sher (Gattaca), Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman), Ian Gotler (Doula) and Pine and is directed by Pine from a script co-written with Gotler.
Poolman streaming on Prime Video 28 June
Darren Barrenman is a hapless dreamer and would-be philosopher who spends his days looking after the pool of the Tahitian Tiki in sunny Los Angeles and crashing city council meetings with his neighbours Jack and Diane. When Darren uncovers the greatest water heist in LA history since Chinatown, he makes uneasy alliances with a beautiful and connected femme fatale while following every lead he can with corrupt city officials, burned out Hollywood types, and mysterious benefactors – all in the name of protecting his precious Los Angeles, and his pool. Lovingly crafted as a tribute to Los Angeles, Poolman takes the pieces of LA Noirs like Chinatown and The Long Goodbye with the irreverence of The Big Lebowski and the affection of La La Land.
Starring Chris Pine (Star Trek), Annette Bening (Nyad), Danny DeVito (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), DeWanda Wise (Jurassic World: Dominion) and Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Poolman is produced by Stacey Sher (Gattaca), Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman), Ian Gotler (Doula) and Pine and is directed by Pine from a script co-written with Gotler.
Poolman streaming on Prime Video 28 June
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00:00Hey there, Los Angeles, you've reached Awesome Aquatic.
00:07Have an awesome aquatical day.
00:10Dear, should we get married?
00:13Yeah, I mean, we could.
00:15Mr. Barronman, welcome back.
00:17What is it today?
00:18I have just finished a study of how we can make the bus schedule great.
00:22Reggie?
00:23Mr. Barronman, I'm June Delray.
00:28Yeah?
00:30Executive assistant to Councilman Stephen Tarnkowski.
00:33Stephen's dirty.
00:34He's a threat to our great city.
00:35Yeah.
00:36I need your help taking him down.
00:37Like undercover?
00:38Yes.
00:39Uh, I'm not really trained.
00:40Can I get back to you?
00:41I have to take this case.
00:42He's got a gun.
00:43A gun!
00:44We have got to get the women to safety.
00:45Okay, this is exactly what I'm talking about.
00:46This is what she's saying.
00:47Look over here.
00:48I will look at it.
00:49Do you even know what it is I do?
00:50I'm not going to tell you.
00:51I'm not going to tell you.
00:52I'm not going to tell you.
00:53I'm not going to tell you.
00:54I'm not going to tell you.
00:55I'm not going to tell you.
00:56I'm not going to tell you.
00:59We're at a stadium.
01:05We don't know how far up the food chain this thing goes.
01:08Can I trust you?
01:11Stephen Tarnkowski is not who you think he is.
01:14Is he a lizard?
01:16Excuse me?
01:17I think you just need to figure some things out before you can hold space for someone else.
01:22I'm spacious!
01:23He's spacious for crying out loud.
01:25I'm spacious!
01:26Jack.
01:29You waded out in the deep end, and now you're drowning right before our eyes.
01:35I need you to be brave.
01:37I know it's dangerous, but I got myself into this.
01:43I gotta get myself out.