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My Cousin Vinny (1992)
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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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Lane Smith | ... |
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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Raynor Scheine | ... | |
| James Rebhorn | ... | ||
| Chris Ellis | ... |
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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There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified The Great American Legal System. This is not one of them. 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
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Palo Vista Productions, Peter V. Miller Investment Corp., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation See more »
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Hotel Clerk: No, sir, it's very unusual.
Vinny Gambini: [the next day, after Vinny was awakened by the train] Yesterday you told me that freight train hardly ever comes through here at 5:00 A.M. in the morning.
Hotel Clerk: I know. She's supposed to come through at ten after 4:00.
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Written by Edgar Winter
Performed by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Produced by Barry Beckett for Beckett Productions
Courtesy of Epic Associated Records See more »
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Director Jonathan Lynn proposed Fred Gwynne for the role of the judge after seeing him in The Cotton Club. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Stan and Billy are entering their cell for the first time they are carrying their bedding. In one shot Billy's sheets are folded one way and in the next shot the position of the white sheets changes. See more »Quotes
Vinny Gambini: Does that freight train come through here at 5:00 A.M. every morning?Hotel Clerk: No, sir, it's very unusual.
Vinny Gambini: [the next day, after Vinny was awakened by the train] Yesterday you told me that freight train hardly ever comes through here at 5:00 A.M. in the morning.
Hotel Clerk: I know. She's supposed to come through at ten after 4:00.
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Soundtracks
"WAY DOWN SOUTH"Written by Edgar Winter
Performed by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Produced by Barry Beckett for Beckett Productions
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