The Nutt House (1992)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

Adam Rifkin

Writers:

Sam Raimi (story) &
Scott Spiegel (story) ...

Release Date:

10 September 1992 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Sometimes you feel like a nut... sometimes you are

Plot:

Two idential twins, separated since infancy, meet after 30 years causing a series of mistaken identity and crisis for all involved.

Plot Keywords:

Mistaken Identity | Multiple Personality Disorder | Politician | Split Screen | Identical Twins

Cast

Stephen Kearney	...	Nathan Nutt / Philbert Nutt
Amy Yasbeck	...	Diane Nutt
Robert Trebor	...	Buddy
Robert Colbert	...	Board Doctor
Sandra Gould	...	Ma Belle
Captain Haggerty	...	Frank
Barry Livingston	...	Williams
Peter Lupus	...	Musso
Robert Mandan	...	Mr. Henderson
Emil Sitka	...	Geeves
Stella Stevens	...	Mrs. Robinson
Constance Towers	...	Mrs. Henderson
Joseph Whipp	...	Doctor Foster
Traci Lords	...	Miss Tress
Catherine Bach	...	Benefit Reporter

Also Known As:

The Nutty Nut (Australia) (video title) (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for farcical sex-related scenes.

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:12 | Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Connexion Film Productions

Trivia:

Creative tensions between director Scott Spiegel and one of the film's producers, Brad Wyman, resulted in Spiegel being replaced by another director, Adam Rifkin, three weeks into production. Wyman later stated that he regretted firing Spiegel and blamed it on the fact that he (Wyman) "wasn't a very good producer at the time." As a result, the writers of this movie - Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Scott Spiegel - were so embarrassed with the end result that they all used pseudonyms instead of their own names in the credits.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Soundtrack:

KUNG FU FIGHTING

Someone has taken their love of stooges one step too far.

This one is for Raimi (and stooge) fans only. It's really not that bad, I think that Sam perhaps took his stooge imitating(as seen in all Raimi movies) a little far. In fact you can imagine this being a movie from the Stooge/Marx stable the main character(who was written for Bruce Campbell obviously) is a mix of Harpo Marx & The Stooges. It kind of trails off towards the end. The acting is all over the top silliness with sight gags stuck in everywhere for the hell of it. Although he didn't want recognition as writing this I can imagine this is a movie that Sam still enjoys watching it just seems his level of humour.