Entourage (2004) (TV Show)

format_quote Ari Gold: Lloyd, do you have Vince?
Lloyd: No, I have Drama, and he says he's been authorized to tell you that Vince will not speak to you until he, Drama, has a job.
Ari Gold: Really?
Lloyd: Really.
Ari Gold: Really?
(storms out of his office and into a conference)
Ari Gold: People. staff meeting has been canceled. You all have one goal today, to get Vincent Chase's brother, Johnny Chase, a job. Any job. I don't care if it's a porn shoot in which he is being gang-raped by a gaggle of silverbacked apes; if there are cameras rolling, everybody wins. Ten grand to anyone who can deliver this to me, TODAY.

stars  Before 'Queens boulevard' premieres at the sundance film festival, the director of the movie (Billy Walsh) comments on how this film is his 'deer hunter'. Anyone familiar with Michael ciminios works will know that after 'The deer hunter' he directed 'Heavens gate' which became a commercial and critical flop foreshadowing what will happen with Billy Walsh and his next film 'meddian'.

stars  In a 2011 interview when the last season was airing, President Barack Obama claimed this was his favorite show.

stars  In season 4, Vincent stars in the fictional film "Medellin." A trailer was created for the film (which can be seen in the DVD set), and at the end of the trailer is the Internet link "www.medellinthefilm.com", which is an actual website created for and about the fictional film. It includes the trailer, stills, an interview with Vincent Chase, and a synopsis for the film.

stars  In the beginning sequence, there is a pizza shop, and the sign is backwards (ie azzip), but it is changed in the beginning of season 4 so that it is correct.

stars  The character of Billy Walsh is mainly based on one of show's writers Rob Weiss and director Vincent Gallo. The story of Medellin getting trashed in Cannes Film Festival was loosely based on Gallo's highly criticized movie The Brown Bunny.