When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.
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Film Cast:
- Longfellow Deeds: Adam Sandler
- Babe Bennett: Winona Ryder
- Emilio Lopez: John Turturro
- Marty: Allen Covert
- Chuck Cedar: Peter Gallagher
- Cecil Anderson: Erick Avari
- Mac McGrath: Jared Harris
- Crazy Eyes: Steve Buscemi
- Jan: Conchata Ferrell
- Murph: Peter Dante
- Preston Blake: Harve Presnell
- Kevin Ward: Brandon Molale
- John McEnroe: John McEnroe
- Buddy Ward: Blake Clark
- Reuben: J.B. Smoove
- NAACP Administrator: George Wallace
- Bike-Riding Kid: Gideon Jacobs
- The Rhyme Master: Al Sharpton
- Nazo: Rob Schneider
- Gum Chewer: Alex Buck
Film Crew:
- Director of Photography: Peter Lyons Collister
- Production Design: Perry Andelin Blake
- Art Direction: Stephen McCabe
- Costume Design: Ellen Lutter
- Original Music Composer: Teddy Castellucci
- Casting: Roger Mussenden
- Set Decoration: Lauri Gaffin
- Producer: Sidney Ganis
- Producer: Jack Giarraputo
- Editor: Jeff Gourson
- Director: Steven Brill
- Screenplay: Tim Herlihy
- Makeup Effects: Rob Bottin
- Executive Producer: Adam Sandler
- Unit Production Manager: Joseph M. Caracciolo
- Co-Producer: Alex Siskin
- Music Supervisor: Michael Dilbeck
- Stunt Coordinator: Gregg Smrz
- Stunts: Paul Eliopoulos
- Unit Production Manager: Cheryl Quarantiello
- First Assistant Director: Gary Marcus
- Second Assistant Director: Carla Bowen
- Second Assistant Director: Marlene Arvan
- Associate Producer: Allen Covert
- Production Supervisor: David J. Grant
- Leadman: Ben Woolverton
- Script Supervisor: Nancy Karlin
- Camera Operator: Peter Mercurio
- Second Assistant Camera: Darrin DeLoach
- Costume Supervisor: Dawn Y. Line
- Makeup Department Head: Ann Pala
- Key Makeup Artist: Corina C. Duran-Rabichuk
- Makeup Artist: Katherine James
- Hair Department Head: Thomas Real
- Key Hair Stylist: Nancy Tong
- Chief Lighting Technician: Shane D. Kelly
- Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Donald D. Davidson
- Rigging Gaffer: Stuart A. Spohn
- Key Grip: Jack Chouchanian
- Dolly Grip: Alan Shultz
- Production Sound Mixer: Felipe Borrero
- Boom Operator: Anthony Ortiz
- Special Effects: Jeremy Hays
- Video Assist Operator: David Presley
- Production Coordinator: Lark Bernini
- Production Secretary: KB Pugliese
- Production Accountant: Nadine F. Wilson
- Assistant Accountant: Laurie A. Hoover
- Construction Coordinator: Kevin Conlin
- Set Designer: Kevin Cross
- Set Designer: Al Hobbs
- Property Master: Eric J. Bates
- Assistant Property Master: Scott Nifong
- Art Department Coordinator: Dru Homer
- Unit Publicist: Wendi Laski
- Still Photographer: Jon Baronn Farmer
- Second Second Assistant Director: Jon Mallard
- Actor’s Assistant: J.D. Donaruma
- Actor’s Assistant: Jonathan Loughran
- Craft Service: Raymond Bulinski
- Casting Associate: Elizabeth Boykewich
- Animal Wrangler: Steve Berens
- Transportation Captain: John Orlebeck
- Transportation Co-Captain: John Feinblatt
- First Assistant Editor: Jason Gourson
- First Assistant Editor: Tom Costain
- Assistant Editor: Terry Hubbard
- Supervising Sound Editor: Elmo Weber
- Sound Effects Editor: Paula Fairfield
- Sound Effects Editor: Carla Murray
- Sound Effects Editor: Orada Jusatayanond
- Sound Effects Editor: Derek Vanderhorst
- Assistant Sound Editor: Drake Jenevein
- Dialogue Editor: Bruce Nyznik
- Dialogue Editor: Jeena M. Phelps
- ADR Supervisor: Susan Dudeck
- Foley Artist: Pamela Kahn
- Foley Artist: Vincent Guisetti
- Foley Mixer: Kyle Rochlin
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gary C. Bourgeois
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Greg Orloff
- Music Editor: J.J. George
- Music Editor: Stuart Grusin
- Orchestrator: Carl Rydlund
- Scoring Mixer: Gabe Veltri
- Music Coordinator: Wende Crowley
- Music Coordinator: Bryan Bonwell
- Color Timer: Chris Regan
- Negative Cutter: Mo Henry
- Story: Clarence Budington Kelland
- Production Assistant: Kathleen Katz
- Driver: Margo Hunt McKay
Movie Reviews:
- Kamurai: Decent watch, could watch again, and can recommend.
- This has all the hallmarks, and cast, of most typical Happy Madison productions, but with a lot of money involved, both in the characters and the production value. I think this is the movie where John McEnroe started getting involved.
- The character work in this is either drastically good or drastically bad, and they definitely experimented with some ideas they had in the backlog.
- The “rags to riches” trope crossed with the “NYC is a cesspool of money corruption” trope is actually inspired. There is a great script in this movie, behind all the Sandler style humor, but that humor does make it fun, I just wish there was an adjustable setting sometimes.
- Ultimately anything that isn’t funny or charming in this is brief enough that you can overlook it pretty easily.
- Andre Gonzales: I love Adam Sandler movies. This one is another favorite. A hick guy finds out he just inherited millions. Very funny movie, sneaky sneaky sir! Never underestimate the sneakiness.