Nope (2022)
In 1998, in front of a large studio audience for the sitcom Gordy’s Home, the titular chimpanzee animal actor attacks several of its human co-stars after being startled by the pop of a balloon. Child actor Ricky “Jupe” Park hides under a table and is unharmed, though traumatized by the experience. The chimp finds Jupe and extends his hand for a fist bump, before being shot dead by authorities. In present-day Agua Dulce, ranch owner Otis Haywood Sr. trains and handles horses for film and television productions. When he is killed by a nickel through the eye that falls inexplicably from the sky, his children Otis “OJ” Haywood Jr. and Emerald “Em” Haywood inherit the ranch. OJ tries to keep the business afloat and maintain his father’s legacy, while Em seeks fame and fortune in Hollywood. The Haywoods claim that the unnamed jockey in “Plate 626” from Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion series of photographs was a Bahamian man named Alistair E. Haywood, their ancestor.
Six months later, while filming a commercial with prominent cinematographer Antlers Holst, one of the horses, Lucky, reacts aggressively when the crew startles it, and the Haywoods are fired from the project. The ranch’s financial woes have forced OJ to sell horses to Jupe, who operates the nearby Jupiter’s Claim, a small Western theme park. Jupe shows Em and OJ a room full of memorabilia from Gordy’s Home. He explains that people pay him handsomely for access to the room, typically driven by a fascination with the attack, and Jupe reminisces about an SNL skit starring Chris Kattan as Gordy that parodied the incident. Jupe offers to buy the ranch from the Haywoods, an offer which Em encourages OJ to accept, though he refuses, intent on repurchasing the horses. That night, the Haywoods notice their electricity fluctuating and their horses vanishing and violently reacting to an unknown presence. They discover an unidentified flying object (UFO) shaped like a flying saucer that has been taking their horses then spitting out inorganic matter, which caused their father’s death.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  Daniel KaluuyaOJ Haywood  Keke PalmerEmerald Haywood  Brandon PereaAngel Torres  Steven YeunRicky 'Jupe' Park  Michael WincottAntlers Holst  Wrenn SchmidtAmber Park  Keith DavidOtis Haywood Sr. |
In 1998, in front of a large studio audience for the sitcom Gordy’s Home, the titular chimpanzee animal actor attacks several of its human co-stars after being startled by the pop of a balloon. Child actor Ricky “Jupe” Park hides under a table and is unharmed, though traumatized by the experience. The chimp finds Jupe and extends his hand for a fist bump, before being shot dead by authorities. In present-day Agua Dulce, ranch owner Otis Haywood Sr. trains and handles horses for film and television productions. When he is killed by a nickel through the eye that falls inexplicably from the sky, his children Otis “OJ” Haywood Jr. and Emerald “Em” Haywood inherit the ranch. OJ tries to keep the business afloat and maintain his father’s legacy, while Em seeks fame and fortune in Hollywood. The Haywoods claim that the unnamed jockey in “Plate 626” from Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion series of photographs was a Bahamian man named Alistair E. Haywood, their ancestor.
Six months later, while filming a commercial with prominent cinematographer Antlers Holst, one of the horses, Lucky, reacts aggressively when the crew startles it, and the Haywoods are fired from the project. The ranch’s financial woes have forced OJ to sell horses to Jupe, who operates the nearby Jupiter’s Claim, a small Western theme park. Jupe shows Em and OJ a room full of memorabilia from Gordy’s Home. He explains that people pay him handsomely for access to the room, typically driven by a fascination with the attack, and Jupe reminisces about an SNL skit starring Chris Kattan as Gordy that parodied the incident. Jupe offers to buy the ranch from the Haywoods, an offer which Em encourages OJ to accept, though he refuses, intent on repurchasing the horses. That night, the Haywoods notice their electricity fluctuating and their horses vanishing and violently reacting to an unknown presence. They discover an unidentified flying object (UFO) shaped like a flying saucer that has been taking their horses then spitting out inorganic matter, which caused their father’s death.
