SYNOPSIS
Corrections Officer J. Pate has been on the job for 30 years. He's seen a lot of blockheads in his time, but nothing has prepared him for the trio of losers he's been asked to watch over on this fateful afternoon. Little does he know, as he sits down for a fine chicken and mayo sandwich, that he's slated for a date with destiny. And destiny, friends, will be the worst date he's ever had.

Here's our entry in the 2008 24-Hour Video Race (presented by the Video Association of Dallas). We've reunited the explosive team from "La Grande Salsiccia" (Crosby, Ghio, Lane and Slayton), and with these acting powerhouses, you can expect fireworks of the kind that veer off course into the crowd and injure innocent onlookers. On the night of the finals, surprisingly (and after liberally dosing the judges' drinks with a drug that affected their basic reasoning skills), we walked away with 2nd prize in the Auteur catagory for this thing.

VIDEO RACE REQUIREMENTS
Theme: A twist of fate
Prop: A key
Line of dialogue: "What's this going to cost me?"
Location: Anywhere a sport is played.

REVIEWS
"Okay, so what's this going to cost me to give you a good review? Heh, heh. See how I did that?"
- Roger Ebert

"What we've got heeere... is a failure... to entertain."
- Strother Martin

DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS
"Luckily, Crosby, Lane and Slayton were used to the leg-irons, since I use them routinely on shoots when they get out of line."

STILLS