Man of the House (1995)

Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben tries anything and everything to ruin the "... See full summary »

Director:

James Orr

Writers:

David E. Peckinpah (story), Richard Jefferies (story),

Stars:

Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, Jonathan Taylor Thomas

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chevy Chase	...	Jack Sturgess (Squatting Dog)
Farrah Fawcett	...	Sandy Archer
Jonathan Taylor Thomas	...	Ben Archer (Little Wing)
George Wendt	...	Chet Bronski (Chief Running Horse)
David Shiner	...	Lloyd Small (Silent Thunder)
Art LaFleur	...	Red Sweeney (Silver Fox)
Richard Portnow	...	Joey Renda, Frank's Son
Richard Foronjy	...	Murray, Renda Goon
Peter Appel	...	Tony, Renda Goon
Chief Leonard George	...	Leonard Red Crow
George Greif	...	Frank James Renda
Ron Canada	...	Bob Younger, Jack's Boss
Christopher Miranda	...	Hank Sweeney (as Chris Miranda)
Zachary Browne	...	Norman Bronski (Dark Eagle)
Spencer Vrooman	...	Darryl Small

Storyline

Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben tries anything and everything to ruin the "love bubble" which surrounds his mom. However, after Ben and Jack's experiences in the Indian Guides, the two become much closer.

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Plot Keywords:

indian guide | divorce | family disapproval | revenge | camping | 

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Taglines:

Jack wants to marry Ben's mother. But there are strings attached.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild thematic elements

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 March 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Man 2 Man

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$40,070,995 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

All Girl Productions, Forever Girls Productions, Marty Katz Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ben Archer (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) can be seen sitting under a tree reading a comic book based on The Lion King, which also starred Thomas.

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Goofs

At the end of the movie, during the wedding. As Jack is asking Ben for the rings, Ben kids around and pretends to have lost them. If you look at the ring finger of Jack's left hand, he is clearly already wearing his wedding ring.

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Quotes

Ben Archer: [as the bad guys are trying to figure out the best way to kill Ben and Jack] If you were really clever, you'd wrap us in wet rawhide, and when it dried it would shrink and squeeze organs through our orifices like a tube of toothpaste.

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Connections

References The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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Soundtracks

"Hit The Road Jack"
Written by Percy Mayfield

User Reviews

Simple, moralistic, but well transferred into images

The pictures in this movie are clear, the characters are well stated, so the things that must be wrong is the script. But I guess it's ok to watch if you've nothing else to do at all...