weapons of mass distraction

Director: stephen surjik

Actor: gabriel byrne,ben kingsley,mimi rogers,jeffrey tambor

Data Published: Sat May 17 1997

Genres: Comedy,Drama,Crime

Key Words: toe sucking,children's television show,african american,mercedes benz,tv ratings

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120487/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_Mass_Distraction

Description: Weapons of Mass Distraction is a TV movie starring Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, and Mimi Rogers. Two media moguls get into a nasty power struggle for the ownership of a pro football team which takes a drastic effect on their...

Plot: Lionel Powers and Julian Messenger are filthy rich men with dirty family secrets. They play dirty as well, fighting for control over a professional football team in Los Angeles with every weapon at their disposal. While the billionaires scheme and squabble, the married couple Rita and Jerry Pascoe can barely make ends meet. Their marriage becomes strained with Jerry's continuing inability to hold or find a job. While rich people blackmail one another, homeless people look for handouts and Jerry Pascoe is reduced to cleaning stadium restrooms and applying for a job as a peanut vendor. The tabloid-worthy secrets in the lives of Powers' wife Ariel and right-hand man Alan Blanchard lead to dire consequences for all. The marriage of the Pascoes, meanwhile, turns tragi-comically from a terrible climax to fodder for reality TV.