Freaky Deaky (film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Freaky Deaky

| image = Freaky Deaky poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| director = Charles Matthau

| producer = Charles Matthau
Judd Rubin

| screenplay = Charles Matthau

| based_on = {{Based on|Freaky Deaky|Elmore Leonard}}

| starring = Billy Burke
Christian Slater
Michael Jai White
Crispin Glover
Roger Bart
Sabina Gadecki
Andy Dick
Breanne Racano

| music = Joseph LoDuca

| cinematography = John J. Connor

| editing = William Steinkamp

| studio = The Matthau Company
Final Cut Productions

| distributor = Entertainment One

| released = {{Film date|2012|04|22}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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Freaky Deaky is a 2012 crime-comedy-thriller film based on Elmore Leonard's 1988 novel of the same name. Produced, directed and written by Charles Matthau, the film starring Billy Burke, Christian Slater, Crispin Glover and Michael Jai White involves a bomb squad detective investigating weird goings-on of two 1960s ex-hippies cum revolutionaries in 1974 Detroit.

The film was released straight to video after debuting at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Plot

Chris Mankowski worked in the bomb squad, but when he transferred out, he got caught up in an elaborate plot by former hippies, who have turned bomb making into a business.

Cast

Billy Burke as Chris Mankowski
Christian Slater as Skip Gibbs
Crispin Glover as Woody Ricks
Michael Jai White as Donnell Lewis
Bill Duke as Wendell Robinson
Roger Bart as Jerry Baker
Breanne Racano as Robin Abbott
Sabina Gadecki as Greta Wyatt
Andy Dick as Mark Ricks
Gloria Hendry as Sgt. Maureen Downey
Page Kennedy as Booker
Leonard Robinson as Juicy Mouth

Production

The film received $2.8 million in tax incentives from the state of Michigan.{{cite web|title=Leonard's "Freaky Deaky" to Receive Film Incentives|website=WDET.org|url=http://wdet.org/news/story/leonards-freaky-deaky-to-receive-film-incentive/|access-date=9 February 2015 | date= 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150209214551/http://wdet.org/news/story/leonards-freaky-deaky-to-receive-film-incentive/| archive-date= 9 February 2015| url-status= dead}}