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Plot

The movie is about a hitman (though that word is never used) named Martin Q. Blank, played by Cusack, who gets an invitation to his 10 year high school reunion in his home town of Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Initially, he doesn't want to go, but his secretary (played by Joan Cusack, John's real-life sister) tricks him into going since, coincidentally, he's been sent on a job there anyway. A hitman (alternately, hit man), also referred to as a contract killer, is a hired assassin, usually in the employ of organized crime. ... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education, which is otherwise known as secondary education. ... This article is about the incorporated city of Grosse Pointe. ... Joan Cusack (born October 11, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and comedian. ...

John Cusack as Martin Blank.

While in Grosse Pointe, Blank reunites with old flame Debi Newberry, played by Driver, who was to be his date to the prom when Martin disappeared without a trace on prom night after recognizing his homicidal urges. This epiphany caused him to join the Army immediately as a way to channel these urges. His service exam revealed "a certain moral flexibility" and he was loaned out to a CIA-sponsored "mechanical operations program" and was a CIA operative before going into business for himself. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American film actor and writer. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Epiphany may refer to. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an intelligence agency of the United States government. ...

When asked, Blank readily tells his old friends and acquaintances that he is a professional killer, but they all assume that he is joking and doesn't want to talk about his work. During his stay, Blank is hounded by a rival hitman, Grocer, played by Dan Aykroyd, who wants Blank to join him in a union of hitmen. Blank is also tailed by Felix LaPoubelle ("The garbage can" in French) (Benny Urquidez), a Basque hitman hired to kill him. Additionally, a pair of federal agents (with Grocer as their stoolie), awkwardly wait for him to do a "job" so they can arrest him. However, his infatuation with Debi causes his interest in killing to wane, and he repeatedly puts off the hit. Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... A trade union or labor union is a continuous association of wage-earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment. ... Benny Urquidez (born June 20, 1952) is an American kickboxer, martial arts choreographer and actor. ... Languages Basque - few monoglots Spanish - 1,525,000 monoglots French - 150,000 monoglots Basque-Spanish - 600,000 speakers Basque-French - 76,000 speakers [4] other native languages Religions Traditionally Roman Catholic The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous people[5] who inhabit parts of northwestern Spain and southwestern France. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

While at the reunion dance with Debi, Blank has a conversation with another alumna about her experience with marriage and new motherhood. Blank experiences an existentialist transformation as he holds her baby, realizing that perhaps his recent loss of interest in his work and fence mending with Debi means that it is time to change his life. Unfortunately, this is soon followed by a violent encounter with LaPoubelle. Debi finds Blank in a hallway just after he has killed the hitman with a pen, still straddling the body. Horrified that Blank's "joke" about being a hitman was actually serious, she flees the reunion and refuses his attempts to reconcile. Cover of Sartres book Nausea Existentialism is a philosophical movement that claims that individual human beings have full responsibility for creating the meanings of their own lives. ...

Deciding there is no longer any point in trying to change his life, Blank finally opens the envelope containing his orders for the job that brought him to Grosse Pointe in the first place. He discovers that he was hired to kill Debi's father, Bart Newberry.

Blank discovers that Grocer has also been hired to kill Bart (apparently after the client grew tired of Blank's procrastination), and Martin decides to protect him out of loyalty to Debi. This leads to a final shootout in which Blank kills Grocer and the federal agents while simultaneously proposing to Debi. Following the bloody showdown, Martin allows that she might need some time to think it over. Whether she accepts is not resolved, although the movie ends with Martin and Debi leaving Grosse Pointe together. Procrastination is the deferment or avoidance of an action or task to a later time. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Cast

• John Cusack - Martin Q. Blank
• Minnie Driver - Debi Newberry
• Dan Aykroyd - Grocer
• Alan Arkin - Dr. Oatman
• Jeremy Piven - Paul Spericki
• Joan Cusack - Marcella
• Hank Azaria - Steven Lardner
• Barbara Harris - Mary Blank
• K. Todd Freeman - Kenneth McCullers
• Benny Urquidez - Felix LaPoubelle
• Carlos Jacott - Ken
• Mitchell Ryan - Mr. Bart Newberry, Debi's father
• Jenna Elfman - Tanya, the alum in the neck brace
• Steve Pink - Terry Rostand, the security guard
• Michael Cudlitz - Bob Destepello
• Ann Cusack - Amy, the drunk alum who says hi to Martin and Debi in the restaurant
• Screenwriter D.V. DeVincentis - Dan Koretzky
• Barbara Harris - Mary Blank
• Belita Moreno - Mrs. Kinetta
• K.K. Dodds - Tracy
• Bill Cusack - Waiter

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Soundtrack

Volume 1

1. "Blister in the Sun" - The Violent Femmes
2. "Rudie Can't Fail" - The Clash
3. "Mirror In The Bathroom" - English Beat
4. "Under Pressure" - David Bowie/Queen
5. "I Can See Clearly Now" - Johnny Nash
6. "Live and Let Die" - Guns N' Roses
7. "We Care a Lot" - Faith No More
8. "Pressure Drop" - The Specials
9. "Absolute Beginners" - The Jam
10. "Armagideon Time" - The Clash
11. "El Matador" - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
12. "Let My Love Open the Door (E. Cola Mix)" - Pete Townshend
13. "Blister 2000" - The Violent Femmes

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Volume 2

1. "Rudi, a Message to You" - The Specials
2. "Cities in Dust" - Siouxsie & the Banshees
3. "The Killing Moon" - Echo and the Bunnymen
4. "Monkey Gone to Heaven" - Pixies
5. "Lorca's Novena" - The Pogues
6. "Go!" - Tones on Tail
7. "Let it Whip" - Dazz Band
8. "The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight" - Dominatrix
9. "War Cry" - Joe Strummer
10. "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)" - Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
11. "Take on Me" - a-ha
12. "You're Wondering Now" - The Specials

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Trivia

• Martin, the hitman played by John Cusack, is accused of being a psycho. His response, "Don't rush to judgment on something like that until all the facts are in," is an echo of Buck Turgidson's response to the same assertion made about General Ripper in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove.
• The film features all but one of the Cusack siblings. John as Martin; Joan as Marcella; Ann as Amy, the drunk girl in the Hippo Club; and Bill as the waiter who serves them in the same club. The one who doesn't feature is Susie, who isn't primarily an actress.
• The movie features a Doom II arcade machine, a prop made for the movie. Doom was never made into an arcade video game. Also, the game is shown to jump between cuts through multiple levels.
• Only two scenes of the film were actually shot in Grosse Pointe: the shootout in the home, and a helicopter view of Lakeshore Drive. The city of Grosse Pointe did not allow the filmmakers to use any shots of the High School, named Grosse Pointe South, for the movie. Nor was any other part of the city filmed.

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External links

• Grosse Pointe Blank at the Internet Movie Database