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''Best F(r)iends'' is a two-part black comedy directed by Justin [=MacGregor=] and written by Creator/GregSestero. Released in 2017, it is Creator/TommyWiseau and Greg Sestero's first film together since 2003's ''Film/TheRoom''.
Young and lonesome drifter Jon Kortina (Sestero) is encountered an by eccentric mortician named Harvey Lewis (Wiseau) and is taken in by him. After a short while, the two become friends and hatch an underground enterprise off the back of the Harvey's old habits. But greed, hatred, and jealousy soon come in turn, and their efforts unravel, causing Jon to run off with the spoils and leaving Harvey adrift. An expedition across the South West introduces wild and crazy characters through a series of twisted and dark foibles as both men learn a valuable lesson about friendship and loyalty.
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!!''Best F(r)iends'' contains examples of
* ActorAllusion: At one point Harvey says "Oh, hi Jon", a reference to the infamous "Oh, hi Mark" from ''The Room''.
* BeggarWithASignboard: Jon is depicted as such at the beginning of the film before Harvey gives him a job.
* ConMan: [[spoiler:Traci and her "Uncle" Rick are a pair.]]
* CreepyMortician: Harvey is depicted as this.
* GoldDigger: When Jon gets a girlfriend named Traci and wants to share some newfound riches with her, Harvey accuses her of being this. [[spoiler:Turns out she's even worse.]]
* ILoveTheDead: Harvey is possibly a necrophiliac.
* LiteralCliffhanger: How Part 1 ends.
* TheReveal: Quite a few in Part 2, starting with [[spoiler:Traci having a history as a con artist]].
* RobbingTheDead: Jon's get-rich scheme involves selling the gold scrap from corpses' teeth from Harvey's morgue.
* TheStinger: Part 2 ends with [[spoiler:Vicente, the man that was called by a locksmith to help him steal Jon's money, arriving at Jon's new home]].
* StockUnsolvedMysteries: Harvey's backstory is tied to the Black Dahlia murder.
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Jon thinks that Harvey is keeping their money for himself and is hiding something from him with the mysterious 'Malmo'. [[spoiler:Harvey is in fact trying to buy a new house for Jon and Malmo is just a real estate agent.]]
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story is inspired by an incident from Sestero's ''Literature/TheDisasterArtist'' in which he believed Tommy was taking him on a road trip to kill him.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: Rick tells a story of wrestling an alligator that may or may not be true.
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''Best F(r)iends'' is a two-part black comedy directed by Justin [=MacGregor=] and written by Creator/GregSestero. Released in 2017, it is Creator/TommyWiseau and Greg Sestero's first film together since 2003's ''Film/TheRoom''.
Young and lonesome drifter Jon Kortina (Sestero) is encountered an by eccentric mortician named Harvey Lewis (Wiseau) and is taken in by him. After a short while, the two become friends and hatch an underground enterprise off the back of the Harvey's old habits. But greed, hatred, and jealousy soon come in turn, and their efforts unravel, causing Jon to run off with the spoils and leaving Harvey adrift. An expedition across the South West introduces wild and crazy characters through a series of twisted and dark foibles as both men learn a valuable lesson about friendship and loyalty.
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!!''Best F(r)iends'' contains examples of
* ActorAllusion: At one point Harvey says "Oh, hi Jon", a reference to the infamous "Oh, hi Mark" from ''The Room''.
* BeggarWithASignboard: Jon is depicted as such at the beginning of the film before Harvey gives him a job.
* ConMan: [[spoiler:Traci and her "Uncle" Rick are a pair.]]
* CreepyMortician: Harvey is depicted as this.
* GoldDigger: When Jon gets a girlfriend named Traci and wants to share some newfound riches with her, Harvey accuses her of being this. [[spoiler:Turns out she's even worse.]]
* ILoveTheDead: Harvey is possibly a necrophiliac.
* LiteralCliffhanger: How Part 1 ends.
* TheReveal: Quite a few in Part 2, starting with [[spoiler:Traci having a history as a con artist]].
* RobbingTheDead: Jon's get-rich scheme involves selling the gold scrap from corpses' teeth from Harvey's morgue.
* TheStinger: Part 2 ends with [[spoiler:Vicente, the man that was called by a locksmith to help him steal Jon's money, arriving at Jon's new home]].
* StockUnsolvedMysteries: Harvey's backstory is tied to the Black Dahlia murder.
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Jon thinks that Harvey is keeping their money for himself and is hiding something from him with the mysterious 'Malmo'. [[spoiler:Harvey is in fact trying to buy a new house for Jon and Malmo is just a real estate agent.]]
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story is inspired by an incident from Sestero's ''Literature/TheDisasterArtist'' in which he believed Tommy was taking him on a road trip to kill him.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: Rick tells a story of wrestling an alligator that may or may not be true.
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''Best F(r)iends'' is a two-part black comedy directed by Justin [=MacGregor=] and written by Creator/GregSestero. Released in 2017, it is Creator/TommyWiseau and Greg Sestero's first film together since 2003's ''Film/TheRoom''.
Young and lonesome drifter Jon Kortina (Sestero) is encountered an by eccentric mortician named Harvey Lewis (Wiseau) and is taken in by him. After a short while, the two become friends and hatch an underground enterprise off the back of the Harvey's old habits. But greed, hatred, and jealousy soon come in turn, and their efforts unravel, causing Jon to run off with the spoils and leaving Harvey adrift. An expedition across the South West introduces wild and crazy characters through a series of twisted and dark foibles as both men learn a valuable lesson about friendship and loyalty.
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!!''Best F(r)iends'' contains examples of
* ActorAllusion: At one point Harvey says "Oh, hi Jon", a reference to the infamous "Oh, hi Mark" from ''The Room''.
* BeggarWithASignboard: Jon is depicted as such at the beginning of the film before Harvey gives him a job.
* ConMan: [[spoiler:Traci and her "Uncle" Rick are a pair.]]
* CreepyMortician: Harvey is depicted as this.
* GoldDigger: When Jon gets a girlfriend named Traci and wants to share some newfound riches with her, Harvey accuses her of being this. [[spoiler:Turns out she's even worse.]]
* ILoveTheDead: Harvey is possibly a necrophiliac.
* LiteralCliffhanger: How Part 1 ends.
* TheReveal: Quite a few in Part 2, starting with [[spoiler:Traci having a history as a con artist]].
* RobbingTheDead: Jon's get-rich scheme involves selling the gold scrap from corpses' teeth from Harvey's morgue.
* TheStinger: Part 2 ends with [[spoiler:Vicente, the man that was called by a locksmith to help him steal Jon's money, arriving at Jon's new home]].
* StockUnsolvedMysteries: Harvey's backstory is tied to the Black Dahlia murder.
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Jon thinks that Harvey is keeping their money for himself and is hiding something from him with the mysterious 'Malmo'. [[spoiler:Harvey is in fact trying to buy a new house for Jon and Malmo is just a real estate agent.]]
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The story is inspired by an incident from Sestero's ''Literature/TheDisasterArtist'' in which he believed Tommy was taking him on a road trip to kill him.
* WrestlerOfBeasts: Rick tells a story of wrestling an alligator that may or may not be true.
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Young and lonesome drifter Jon Kortina (Greg Sestero) is encountered an by eccentric mortician named Harvey Lewis (Tommy Wiseau) and is taken in by him. After a short while, the two become friends and hatch an underground enterprise off the back of the Harvey's old habits. But greed, hatred, and jealousy soon come in turn, and their efforts unravel, causing Jon to run off with the spoils and leaving Harvey adrift. An expedition across the South West introduces wild and crazy characters through a series of twisted and dark foibles as both men learn a valuable lesson about friendship and loyalty.
Young and lonesome drifter Jon Kortina (Greg Sestero) is encountered an by eccentric mortician named Harvey Lewis (Tommy Wiseau) and is taken in by him. After a short while, the two become friends and hatch an underground enterprise off the back of the Harvey's old habits. But greed, hatred, and jealousy soon come in turn, and their efforts unravel, causing Jon to run off with the spoils and leaving Harvey adrift. An expedition across the South West introduces wild and crazy characters through a series of twisted and dark foibles as both men learn a valuable lesson about friendship and loyalty.
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''Best F(r)iends'' is a two-part black comedy directed by Justin [=MacGregor=] and written by Greg Sestero.Creator/GregSestero. Released in 2017, it is Creator/TommyWiseau and Greg Sestero's first film together since 2003's ''Film/TheRoom''.
Young and lonesome drifter Jon Kortina(Greg Sestero) (Sestero) is encountered an by eccentric mortician named Harvey Lewis (Tommy Wiseau) (Wiseau) and is taken in by him. After a short while, the two become friends and hatch an underground enterprise off the back of the Harvey's old habits. But greed, hatred, and jealousy soon come in turn, and their efforts unravel, causing Jon to run off with the spoils and leaving Harvey adrift. An expedition across the South West introduces wild and crazy characters through a series of twisted and dark foibles as both men learn a valuable lesson about friendship and loyalty.
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''Best F(r)iends'' is a two-part black comedy directed by Justin [=MacGregor=] and written by Greg Sestero. It Released in 2017, it is Creator/TommyWiseau and Greg Sestero's first film together since 2003's ''Film/TheRoom''.
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''Best F(r)iends'' is a two-part black comedy directed by Justin MacGregor and written by Greg Sestero. It is Creator/TommyWiseau and Greg Sestoro's first film together since 2003's ''Film/TheRoom''.
Young and lonesome drifter Jon Kortina (Greg Sestero) is encountered an by eccentric mortician named Harvey Lewis (Tommy Wiseau) and is taken in by him. After a short while, the two become friends and hatch an underground enterprise off the back of the Harvey's old habits. But greed, hatred, and jealousy soon come in turn, and their efforts unravel, causing Jon to run off with the spoils and leaving Harvey adrift. An expedition across the South West introduces wild and crazy characters through a series of twisted and dark foibles as both men learn a valuable lesson about friendship and loyalty.
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!!''Best F(r)iends'' contains examples of
* BeggarWithASignboard: Jon is depicted as such at the beginning of the film before Harvey gives him a job.
* CreepyMortician: Harvey is depicted as this.
* ILoveTheDead: Harvey is possibly a necrophiliac.
* LiteralCliffhanger: How Part 1 ends.
Young and lonesome drifter Jon Kortina (Greg Sestero) is encountered an by eccentric mortician named Harvey Lewis (Tommy Wiseau) and is taken in by him. After a short while, the two become friends and hatch an underground enterprise off the back of the Harvey's old habits. But greed, hatred, and jealousy soon come in turn, and their efforts unravel, causing Jon to run off with the spoils and leaving Harvey adrift. An expedition across the South West introduces wild and crazy characters through a series of twisted and dark foibles as both men learn a valuable lesson about friendship and loyalty.
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!!''Best F(r)iends'' contains examples of
* BeggarWithASignboard: Jon is depicted as such at the beginning of the film before Harvey gives him a job.
* CreepyMortician: Harvey is depicted as this.
* ILoveTheDead: Harvey is possibly a necrophiliac.
* LiteralCliffhanger: How Part 1 ends.
