Big Bully (1996)

Director:

Steve Miner

Writer (WGA):

Mark Steven Johnson (written by)

Release Date:

26 January 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A comedy for the kid in all of us.

Plot:

A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again.

Plot Keywords:

Bully | School | Teaching | Reunion | Humor

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Rick Moranis	...	David Leary
Tom Arnold	...	Rosco Bigger (Fang)
Julianne Phillips	...	Victoria Tucker
Carol Kane	...	Faith Bigger
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Art Lundstrum
Curtis Armstrong	...	Clark
Faith Prince	...	Betty Lundstrum
Tony Pierce	...	Ulf
Don Knotts	...	Principal Kokelar
Blake Bashoff	...	Ben Leary
Cody McMains	...	Kirby
Harry Waters Jr.	...	Alan
Stuart Pankin	...	Gerry
Justin Jon Ross	...	Young David
Michael Zwiener	...	Young Fang

MPAA:

Rated PG for mean-spirited pranks, some crude humor and language.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Alphacine)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Finland:K-10 (video premiere) | Norway:11 | Spain:7 | UK:12 (video premiere) | USA:PG (certificate #34058) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Kitsilano Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Lee Rich Productions

Trivia:

The librarian says that "Green Eggs And Ham" is 8862 days late, which is roughly 24 years and is more accurate than when David tells Victoria that he owes $6886.10 at 5¢ a day; that would be 137722 days or 377 years. He actually owes $443.10 at 5¢ a day (at that time).

Goofs:

Continuity: Kirby puts drops in his ear during class. There are four shots of him at his desk. In one of them, the bright green pen is missing from his desk.

Quotes:

Roscoe Bigger: And when those junior psychos asked me what I was in there for, I had to tell them I was there because I STOLE A FREAKIN' ROCK!

Movie Connections:

References "America's Most Wanted" (1988)

Soundtrack:

You Were My 9-1-1

Wickedly Funny

David Leary was bullied by Rosco Bigger a.k.a. Fang as a kid. He gets even with Rosco the day he rats him out after he stole the "moon rock". Soon enough David gets his chance to really get even when his parents tell him he's moving. Some years later David(played by Rick Moranis) is grown up and has a son. He returns to his hometown and discovers that Rosco(Tom Arnold) grown up too. Rosco remembers David and soon all hell breaks lose.

I don't understand why it is that people hate this movie. Come on, it's hilarious. Tom Arnold has never been funnier. I think it's kind of strange that David was a victim growing up and now his son is a bully and Rosco was a bully growing up and that his son is a victim.

10/10