O. J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose

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O. J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose
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Written by	Neil Fisher
Directed by	George Romero
Starring	O. J. Simpson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Richard P. Rubinstein
Cinematography	S. William Hinzman
Editor	George Romero
Running time	47 minutes
Distributor
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	December 28, 1974 (1974-12-28)

O. J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose is a sports documentary about O. J. Simpson directed in 1974 by George Romero.

Summary[]

The documentary follows the career of O.J. Simpson, the upcoming running back (#32) for the Buffalo Bills football team.

Cast[]

• O. J. Simpson as himself
• as himself
• Earl Edwards as himself
• Reggie McKenzie as himself
• Howard Cosell as himself
• Larry Felser as himself
• Dwight Chapin as himself
• as herself
• Shirley Baker as herself
• as herself
• as himself
• as himself
• as herself
• Chuck Barnes as himself
• as herself

Production[]

Filming took place in San Francisco.

Release and distribution[]

The film was produced by and originally aired on ABC on December 28, 1974. Romero wanted to name it "2003" because of O. J. Simpson's record number of yards rushing but ABC decided to change the title to "O. J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose". It was later re-released by Vidmark in 1994 during the O. J. Simpson murder case.^[1] The film is included as an "Easter egg" bonus feature on the DVD release of the spoof film The Bogus Witch Project (2000).^{[citation needed]} It was re-released again in 2016 by .

Legacy[]

The film was referenced in the title to the Family Guy episode about Simpson, "The Juice Is Loose" (March 15, 2009).

The film was referenced in the "Simpson" episode, "She Used To Be My Girl" (December 5, 2004) (Season 16, Episode 4) (Timemark 2:16)

References[]

External links[]

• O. J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose at IMDb

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