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Meet the characters of 'A Tip for the Pizzaman'


 


    Paul Dixon:--

The hero of the film.  As Salieri was the hero of 'Amadeus'.  No.  Mozart was NOT the hero of 'Amadeus', no matter how many times our good friend 'Twan' insists he is.

But Paul is the hero of the movie AND he's a good guy, to boot.  He works for Paco's Pan American Pizza Palace until such time as the screenplay he is working on is sold and he can move on to a better life.
 
 

Shannon Adams:-
 

Ok, it's a little blurry, but Shannon is the object of Paul's affection.  She has a fiancé named Trevor, but sees the good things a guy like Paul would have to offer.  She works as a real estate agent during the day and orders from Paco's Pizza by night (until she and Trevor get moved in).  Has other aspirations than to work in real estate all her life.
 

  Paco:---
 

Paul's boss.  He built "Paco's Pan-American Pizza Palace" from the ground up, leaving his father in Mexico to do so.  He prays daily to his father for good fortune (see picture 2) and regards Paul as a son.
 

    Apryl:--
 

Paul's ex-lover.  Has joined a nature cult, digs tofu on a stick (see above), and still, in her heart has the hots for Paul.  However, she has a boyfriend now named Dolphyn and is devoted to the neo-hippie rage.
 

     Eric:--
 

Paul's roommate.  Front man for a band which goes through several names (including 'Rotating Squirrel' and 'Festering Boil'). He has a slight crush on Paul's mother, but his real love is music.  And as Paul attempts to write his script, Eric makes sure there's plenty of background music in their apartment.  He's always chasing after random girls.
 
 

     Mrs. Dixon:--

She's Paul's mother.  She is still married to Paul's father, a state Senator.  She's rich, and she knows it.  She constantly stops in to check on Paul, usually catching him in the middle of writing one of his scripts.  She also tries to set him up with various women.  During the course of this film, the woman in question is the mysterious Everdawn Hazely.
 
 

     Tom:--

Newspaper salesman.  Sits at his stand all day offering the day's events.  He's extremely streetsmart and charismatic.  He attempts to counsel Paul through his romantic troubles.
 
 

     Trevor: NO PIC AVAILABLE

That was my fault.  I did have a frame capture of Trevor, but I somehow corrupted it.  He's a good-lookin' guy.  It's not like the electronics rebelled...  Anyway, he's the fiancé of Shannon, the antithesis of Paul.  He is a renowned food critic who must have everything his way.  He does what he can to keep Shannon away from Paul.  And vice versa.
 
 


OTHER STILLS FROM THE FILM:
(click for a video or audio file from the film)


 






    Paul makes a delivery to "Grizzly Adams on Acid"  (22 sec / 776 K)
           Video: (grizzly.avi)
 

 Paul politely explains to Shannon why he is not in Eric's band. (10 sec / 506K) 

 Video:  (roadkill.avi)---------------------
      Paul rescues a perpetually-dazed Apryl from traffic.  (13 sec / 510K)
          Video: (car.avi)

 Announcement that Paul and Shannon hear at the street faire (8 sec / 84.7K)---

  Audio: (lauring1.wav)-------------------
(sound unrelated to pic except that they both occur
at the street faire.   In the pic, Eric bumps into Paul
   causing him to spill his drink on Shannon's blouse)
     Trevor tosses Paul a gift (a dime)  (2 sec / 20.1K)
           Audio: (tip.wav)
     (In the pic above, that is the Volkswagen
      Bus used as Paul's occupational mode of
      transportation.  Notice the sombrero at
      the front.)
 
 

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