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My Cousin Vinny (1992)
7.4
Two New Yorkers are accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college, and one of their cousins--an inexperienced, loudmouth lawyer not accustomed to Southern rules and manners--comes in to defend them. Director:Jonathan LynnWriter:Dale Launer |
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Jim Trotter III
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John Gibbons
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Sheriff Farley
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Paulene Myers | ... |
Constance Riley
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J.T.
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Michael Simpson | ... |
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Lou Walker | ... |
Grits Cook
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Storyline
Bill Gambini and Stanley Rothenstein are 2 friends from New York University that just received scholarships to UCLA. They decide to drive through the south. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stopped at a local convenience store to pick up a few snacks. But, no sooner that they left the store, they were arrested. They had thought that they were arrested for shoplifting, but they were arrested for murder and robbery. Plus, they are facing execution for this crime. Bill and Stan do not have enough money for a lawyer, good news, that Bill has a lawyer in his family, his cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini. Bad news, is that Vinny is an inexperienced lawyer who has not been in a trial. So, Vinny has to defend his clients and battle an uncompromising judge, some tough locals, and even his fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito who just does not know when to shut up, to prove his clients' innocence. But he will soon realize that he is going to need help. Written by John Wiggins
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A Comedy Of Trial And Error See more »Parents Guide:
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Mi primo Vinny See more »Box Office
Budget:
$11,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$7,416,751 (USA) (15 March 1992) (1227 Screens)Gross:
$52,929,168 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Palo Vista Productions, Peter V. Miller Investment Corp., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation See more »
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Grits Cook: You never heard of grits?
Vinny Gambini: Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.
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Written by David Cole & Robert Clivillés
Performed by Robert Clivillés (as Clivilles) & David Cole (as Cole)
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When Vinny is talking to Judge Haller (actor Fred Gwynne) for the first time, Vinny looks up and sees Judge Haller's Yale Law School diploma. Fred Gwynne is in fact a Harvard alum. See more »Goofs
Continuity: In the scene at the picnic bench, the coke cans move around the table from cut to cut. See more »Quotes
Vinny Gambini: [Vinny and Lisa receive their breakfast orders, Vinny looks at his skeptically] Whats this over here?Grits Cook: You never heard of grits?
Vinny Gambini: Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.
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"MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS"Written by David Cole & Robert Clivillés
Performed by Robert Clivillés (as Clivilles) & David Cole (as Cole)
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