Tommy Boy (1995)

Director:

Peter Segal

Writers (WGA):

Bonnie Turner (written by) &
Terry Turner (written by)

Release Date:

31 March 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

Plot:

An incompetent, immature, and dimwitted heir to an auto parts factory must save the business to keep it out of the hands of his new, con-artist relatives and big business.

Plot Keywords:

Buddy | Con Artist | Father Son Relationship | Skinny Dipping | Box Office Hit

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Chris Farley	...	Tommy
David Spade	...	Richard
Brian Dennehy	...	Big Tom
Bo Derek	...	Beverly
Dan Aykroyd	...	Zalinsky
Julie Warner	...	Michelle
Sean McCann	...	Frank Rittenhauer
Zach Grenier	...	Ted Reilly
James Blendick	...	Ron Gilmore
Clinton Turnbull	...	Young Tommy
Ryder Britton	...	Young Richard
Paul Greenberg	...	Skittish Student
Graeme Millington	...	Frat Boy
Michael Cram	...	Frat Boy
Dean Marshall	...	Frat Boy
Trent McMullen	...	Frat Boy
Philip Williams	...	Danny
David 'Skippy' Malloy	...	Sammy
Roy Lewis	...	Louis
Austin Pool	...	Obnoxious Bus Kid
William Dunlop	...	R.T.
Jack Jessop	...	Priest
Michael Dunston	...	Singer at Wedding
David Hemblen	...	Archer
George Kinamis	...	Kid at Lake
Dov Tiefenbach	...	Kid at Lake
Mark Zador	...	Kid at Lake
Helen Hughes	...	Boardroom Lady
J.R. Zimmerman	...	Boardroom Man
Robert K. Weiss	...	'No' Manager
Reg Dreger	...	'No' Manager
Lloyd White	...	'No' Manager
David Huband	...	Gas Attendant
Hayley Gibbins	...	Little Girl at Carnival
Julianne Gillies	...	Brady's Receptionist
Addison Bell	...	Mr. Brady
Corey Sevier	...	Boy in Commercial (as Cory Sevier)
Maria Vacratsis	...	Helen
Colin Fox	...	Nelson
Lorri Bagley	...	Woman at Pool
Lynn Cunningham	...	Pretty Hitchhiker
David Calderisi	...	'Yes' Executive
Sven Van de Ven	...	'Yes' Executive
Errol Sitahal	...	'Yes' Executive
Marc Strange	...	'Toy-Car' Executive
Michael Ewing	...	Ticket Agent
Adrian Truss	...	Cop
Christopher John	...	Cop
Henry Gomez	...	Airport Cop
Lindsay Leese	...	Reservationist
Camilla Scott	...	Stewardess
Bunty Webb	...	'Ay Caramba' Lady
Marilyn Boyle	...	Woman with Pen
Gino Marrocco	...	Cabbie
Gil Filar	...	Kid in Bank
Jonathan Wilson	...	Marty
Sandi Stahlbrand	...	News Reporter
Ron James	...	Bank Guard
Brian Kaulback	...	Bank Guard
Mark Ingram	...	Security Guard
Jim Codrington	...	Security Guard
Pat Moffatt	...	Mrs. Nelson
Raymond Hunt	...	Restaurant Regular
Robbie Rox	...	Restaurant Regular
Jerry Schaefer	...	Restaurant Regular (as Jerry Schaeffer)
Taylor Segal	...	Flower Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Farley	...	Roy (uncredited)
Kevin P. Farley	...	Guy at Dad's Party (uncredited)
Ted Kavouris	...	Extra (uncredited)
Rob Lowe	...	Paul Barish (uncredited)
Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio	...	Teen at Gas Station (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Segal

Writing credits (WGA)
Bonnie Turner		(written by) &
Terry Turner		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Ewing	....	associate producer
Lorne Michaels	....	producer
Barnaby Thompson	....	co-producer
Robert K. Weiss	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Newman

Cinematography by
Victor J. Kemper		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William Kerr

Production Design by
Stephen J. Lineweaver

Art Direction by
Alicia Keywan

Set Decoration by
Gordon Sim

Costume Design by
Patti Unger

Makeup Department
James D. Brown	....	key hair stylist
Mary-Lou Green-Benvenuti	....	hair stylist (as Mary Lou Green)
Irene Kent	....	key makeup artist
Inge Klaudi	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Grace Gilroy	....	production manager
Marty Hornstein	....	production manager: second unit, Los Angeles

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rob Fowler	....	dgc trainee
Christopher T. Gerrity	....	first assistant director: second unit, Los Angeles
Rocco Gismondi	....	second assistant director
John Hockridge	....	first assistant director
Grant Lucibello	....	third assistant director
Laurie Mirsky	....	first assistant director: second unit, Toronto
Ross Mirsky	....	dgc trainee
Michal Page	....	third assistant director
Curtis Petersen	....	second unit director: Toronto
Marcel Saumure	....	second assistant director: second unit, Toronto (as Marcel Saupmure)
T.J. Scott	....	second unit director: Toronto
Ken A. Smith	....	first assistant director: second unit, Toronto
Rebecca Stoneham	....	dgc trainee
Robert K. Weiss	....	second unit director: Toronto

Art Department
Kelly Brine	....	storyboard artist
Dennis Davenport	....	set designer
Richard Ferbrache	....	assistant set decorator
Bill Harman	....	construction coordinator (as William J. Harman)
Ron Hewitt	....	assistant property person
Tim Murton	....	scenic artist
Ian Nelmes	....	scenic artist
Marlene Rain	....	assistant set decorator
Vic Rigler	....	property master
Pat Shatka	....	art department coordinator
Andrew M. Stearn	....	art director: second unit, Toronto (as Andrew Stern)
Andrew M. Stearn	....	assistant art director
Ken Watkins	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Willy Allen	....	foley editor
Bob Baron	....	adr mixer
Pamela Bentkowski	....	supervising foley editor
Patrick Bietz	....	sound editor (as Pat Bietz)
Rick Bozeat	....	sound editor
Kevin E. Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
David B. Cohn	....	supervising adr editor
Anne Couk	....	assistant sound editor
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	dialogue editor
Mike Dobie	....	sound editor
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Tammy Fearing	....	assistant sound editor
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist
Stephanie Flack	....	sound editor
Hank Garfield	....	sound mixer
Galen Goodpaster	....	assistant sound editor
Jeffrey J. Haboush	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott G.G. Haller	....	foley editor
Robert Martel	....	assistant sound editor
Richard Marx	....	adr editor
Sanjay Mehta	....	cable person
Bob O'Brien	....	sound editor
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer (as Tom O'Connell)
Jeffrey R. Payne	....	foley editor (as Jeffrey Payne)
Terry Rodman	....	supervising sound editor
Carin Rogers	....	dialogue editor
Greg P. Russell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer (as Randall K. Singer)
Thomas W. Small	....	foley editor (as Thomas Small)
Mike Szakmeister	....	dialogue editor
Jim Thompson	....	boom operator (as J.L. Thompson Jr.)
Rubén Domingo	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Patrick J. Foley	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Warren Appleby	....	special effects assistant
Daniel Gibson	....	key special effects
Michael Kavanagh	....	special effects coordinator
Tony Kenny	....	special effects
Walter Klassen	....	animatronic designer: deer
Nick Lawson	....	key special effects
John MacGillivray	....	special effects
Jim Peacock	....	special effects builder
Mike Vézina	....	special effects coordinator (as Mike Vezina)

Visual Effects by
Dave McGhie	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Marco Bianco	....	stunts
Ermes Blarasin	....	stunts
Eric Bryson	....	stunts
Shane Cardwell	....	stunts
Shelley Cook	....	stunts
Chris Farley	....	stunts
Rick Forsayeth	....	stunts
Ted Hanlan	....	stunts (as Ted Hanlon)
Robert Hannah	....	stunts
Gene Hartline	....	stunts
Griff James	....	stunts
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunts
Danny Lima	....	stunts
Dwayne McLean	....	stunts
Lance Patrick	....	stunt double: David Spade (as Lance Bruyette)
Don Pulford	....	stunts
Branko Racki	....	stunt coordinator
Robert Racki	....	stunts
Paul Rutledge	....	stunts (as Paul Rutlidge)
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunts
John Stoneham Sr.	....	stunts
Peter Szkoda	....	stunts
Bryan Thomas	....	stunts
Tye Tyukodi	....	stunts (as Anton Tyukodi)
Ron Van Hart	....	stunts
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Alexander	....	first assistant photographer
Kevin Bishop	....	video playback operator
Gary Deneault	....	lamp operator (as Gary Denault)
Steve Ferrier	....	chief lighting technician
Candide Franklyn	....	dolly grip (as Candide Franklin)
Michael Galbraith	....	chief rigging electrician
Glen Goodchild	....	second company grip
Wayne Goodchild	....	first company grip
Jeff Heintzman	....	grip
Chris Helcermanas-Benge	....	still photographer
Martin Julian	....	director of photography: second unit
Jim Krutter	....	grip
Andy Langevin	....	best boy: second unit
Brian Montague	....	lamp operator
Harald Ortenburger	....	camera operator
Curtis Petersen	....	camera operator
Curtis Petersen	....	second unit: director of photography
Herb Reischl Sr.	....	generator operator (as Herbert Reischl)
Robert Ryan	....	director of photography: second unit, Toronto
Robert M. Stevens	....	director of photography: second unit, Los Angeles
Jeremy Tabarrok	....	second assistant photographer
Shayne Hare	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Alycia Clark	....	casting assistant
Ross Clydesdale	....	casting: Canada
Aric Dupere	....	extras casting assistant
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Catherine Stroud	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kim W. Chow	....	wardrobe supervisor
Nadia Jarvis	....	assistant wardrobe (as Nadia D. Jarvis)
Georgina Yarhi	....	costume buyer

Editorial Department
Rosmary Conte	....	assistant film editor
Richard Currie	....	assistant film editor
Terry Haggar	....	color timer
Russell Langille	....	second assistant editor
Kent McCormick	....	dailies colorist
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Michael L. Sale	....	first assistant film editor (as Michael Sale)
Dov Samuel	....	assistant film editor (as Dov Samuels)
R. Orlando Duenas	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Bruce Babcock	....	composer: additional music
Bruce Babcock	....	orchestrator: additional music
Chris Boardman	....	composer: additional music
Chris Boardman	....	orchestrator: additional music
Bob Bornstein	....	music preparation
Tim Boyle	....	music mixer
Tim Boyle	....	music recordist
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
Marty Frasu	....	composer: additional music
Marty Frasu	....	orchestrator: additional music
Ralph Grierson	....	composer: additional music
Ralph Grierson	....	orchestrator: additional music
Alexander Janko	....	composer: additional music (as Xandy Janko)
Alexander Janko	....	orchestrator: additional music (as Xandy Janko)
George A. Martin	....	music editor
Randy Miller	....	composer: additional music
Randy Miller	....	orchestrator: additional music
Michael Muhlfriedel	....	composer: original source music
David Newman	....	conductor
David Newman	....	orchestrator
Spencer Proffer	....	music producer
G. Marq Roswell	....	music supervisor
Steven Scott Smalley	....	additional orchestrator
J. Steven Soles	....	composer: original source music
Tom Villano	....	music editor
Paul Wertheimer	....	score recordist
Kevin Crehan	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Bill Boyd	....	picture car mechanic
Bill Jackson	....	driver captain
Jim Kennedy	....	transportation coordinator
Ben Cekuta	....	transportation coordinator: second unit (uncredited)

Other crew
Michael Blecher	....	location assistant
Susan J. Bonno-Buckner	....	assistant accountant: re-shoots
Clare Cullen	....	assistant to producers: Canada
Dawn Darfus	....	production auditor
Matthew Dodge	....	production assistant
Steven E Dunn	....	set medic
Alice Ferrier	....	production office coordinator
Anne Fotheringham	....	craft service
Deb Geaghan	....	payroll (as Deborah Geaghan)
Mathew Hart	....	location manager
Mindy May Jenkins	....	assistant production auditor
Elmer Jones	....	assistant location manager
Deborah Krainin	....	assistant: Mr. Weiss
Russell Langille	....	production assistant
Keith Large	....	assistant location manager
Linda Lockett	....	production secretary
David 'Skippy' Malloy	....	assistant: Mr. Segal
Erin Maroney	....	assistant: Mr. Michaels
Laurie Morgenthal	....	power pod technician
Eric Newman	....	production associate
Shannon O'Connor	....	production assistant
Karen Pidgurski	....	unit publicist
Michel Poirier	....	production assistant
Jim Powers	....	location manager: second unit, Toronto (as James Powers)
Brandon Ramos	....	assistant: Mr. Weiss
Greg Rubidge	....	assistant to producers: Canada
Laura Sarchuck	....	production assistant
Todd Shannon Jr.	....	dive supervisor
Ned R. Shapiro	....	location manager: second unit, Los Angeles (as Ned Shapiro)
Douy Swofford	....	title designer
Bill Teresio	....	location assistant: second unit, Toronto
R. Ruddell Weatherwax	....	dog trainer
Mimi Wolch	....	script supervisor
Anne Wootten	....	choreographer (uncredited)

Thanks
Gregg Fonseca	....	this film is dedicated to
Uncle Pep	....	this film is dedicated to

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Spain) (2002) (Spain) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD) (special collector's edition)

Other Companies

• Donna Dupere Casting  extras casting (as Dupere Casting)
• PPI Camera Corporation  camera dollies
• PPI Camera Corporation  camera equipment provided by
• PPI Camera Corporation  grip and lighting equipment
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Panavision  camera and lenses
• Paramount Pictures Corporation (Canada)  production services
• Warner Bros. Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor, some drug content and nudity

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M | UK:12 (uncut) | UK:PG (cut) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

BCE Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

David Spade's character Richard Hayden says that 'Big' Tom, played by Brian Dennehy was like a father to him. Brian Dennehy would go on to play David Spade's father as Red Finch in the TV comedy "Just Shoot Me!" (1997)

Goofs:

Factual errors: Throughout the movie it is implied that Sandusky relies only on various factories for its economy. However, Sandusky is home to Cedar Point, one of the most popular amusement parks in the world, which brings in lots of tourism to the area.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Tommy:Oh, that's gonna leave a mark!

Movie Connections:

References "American Gladiators" (1989)

Soundtrack:

My Hallucination

Thank you, Chris Farley, wherever you are...

As it turns out, Chris Farley and David Spade only made three movies together ("Coneheads", "Tommy Boy" and "Black Sheep"), but this was truly the "Citizen Kane" of their pairings. Farley plays Thomas Callahan III, the dimwitted heir to an auto parts company. His father Big Tom (Brian Dennehy) hires mild-mannered Richard Hayden (David Spade) to look after him. Big Tom is getting married to a "ten" (Bo Derek), so everything has to be in order. After Big Tom suddenly dies, Tommy and Richard have to try to sell half a million auto parts to save the company from bankruptcy. From then on, the movie is pretty much an excuse for Chris Farley to do what he does best: make a mess of everything.

When this movie first came out in the theaters, I saw it with my grandfather. He figured out early on that the Bo Derek and Rob Lowe characters were hiding something. But you can completely ignore that and simply luxuriate in Chris Farley's antics. Nothing is safe around his stomach, and hell hath no fury like his happy-go-lucky attitude. The scene where he sets the cars on fire, and later the deer scene, make for a pure laugh riot. Chris Farley and David Spade were truly the John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd of their era. It's a pleasure to always be able to think about "Fat guy in a little coat" time and again.