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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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Mitchell Whitfield | ... | |
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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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Lou Walker | ... |
Grits Cook
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Bill Gambini and Stanley Rothenstein are two friends from New York University who just received scholarships to UCLA. They decide to drive through the South. Once they arrive in Alabama, they stop at a local convenience store to pick up a few snacks. But, no sooner than they leave the store, they are arrested. They had thought that they were arrested for shoplifting, but they were arrested for murder and robbery. Worse, they are facing execution for this crime. Bill and Stan do not have enough money for a lawyer, so the good news is that Bill has a lawyer in his family, his cousin, Vincent Laguardia Gambini. The bad news is that Vinny is an inexperienced lawyer who has not been at 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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Truth, Justice And The Gambini Way. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 March 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mi primo Vinny See more »Box Office
Budget:
$11,000,000 (estimated)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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Vinny Gambini: And why not? What is positraction?
Mona Lisa Vito: It's a limited slip differential which distributes power equally to both the right and left tires. The '64 Skylark had a regular differential, which, anyone who's been stuck in the mud in Alabama knows, you step on the gas, one tire spins, the other tire does nothing.
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Written by David Cole & Robert Clivillés
Performed by Robert Clivillés (as Clivilles) & David Cole (as Cole)
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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Goofs
At Trotter's office, the computer monitor behind him changes from authentic to fake during the initial meeting between Vinny and Trotter. See more »Quotes
Mona Lisa Vito: The car that made these two, equal-length tire marks had positraction. You can't make those marks without positraction, which was not available on the '64 Buick Skylark!Vinny Gambini: And why not? What is positraction?
Mona Lisa Vito: It's a limited slip differential which distributes power equally to both the right and left tires. The '64 Skylark had a regular differential, which, anyone who's been stuck in the mud in Alabama knows, you step on the gas, one tire spins, the other tire does nothing.
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Soundtracks
"MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS"Written by David Cole & Robert Clivillés
Performed by Robert Clivillés (as Clivilles) & David Cole (as Cole)
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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My Cousin Vinny was a great movie. I borrowed this film from a friend but had no idea what it really was but just knowing Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, and Marisa Tomei were starring in it. After seeing it, I really liked it. It was a funny movie. There were tons of laughs and I never knew it was going to be this funny but mainly Joe Pesci as Vinny was hilarious. He had the best role in this movie out of anyone but Marisa Tomei as Vinny's fiancée and Fred Gwynne as the judge did wonderful. I was surprised how good the movie was and overall it really entertained me. I highly recommend the film.
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