Big Bully (1996)

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.

Director:

Steve Miner

Writer:

Mark Steven Johnson

Stars:

Rick Moranis, Tom Arnold, Julianne Phillips

2 wins.

Cast

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

Storyline

David Leary was bullied by Rosco when he was in elementary school. But he got even on the day his parents moved out of town. Now twenty years later, David, who is a successful writer, is invited back to his home town to teach. Everything is great until Rosco, who is still in town, recognizes him. Now suddenly someone is playing mean practical jokes on him. Isn't David a little too old to be running to the Principal saying "Rosco's picking on me." ?

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Plot Keywords:

bully | school | shop teacher | teacher | moving | 

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Taglines:

A comedy for the kid in all of us.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 January 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

2 aspondoi filoi

Filming Locations:

Kitsilano Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$4,085,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morgan Creek Productions, Lee Rich Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Alphacine)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

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).

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Goofs

When the bully Fang falls off the waterfall he is holding a piece of a broken branch in his left hand. In the next shot the branch in his right hand.

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Quotes

Alan: My dad knows a guy who knows a guy who works for NASA and he says if stare directly at the moon rock, you'll go blind.
Jerry: Aw bullshit.

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Connections

Referenced in Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Joshua (1998)

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Soundtracks

"Wooly Bully"
Performed by Michael Ian Elias, Jeff Stillman and Paul Stillman
Written by Sam Samudio

User Reviews

One of the top 10 worst comedies ever made!

It totally baffles me how anyone can give this film 5/10, let alone 10/10. It doesn't deserve 1. What films have some people being watching? Rick Moranis and Tom Arnold should, and are obviously ashamed of being in this horrible movie, that some one mentioned, 'goes nowhere'. Tom Arnold is awful throughout, and clearly has trouble with some of the bad dialogue he gets. It is less his fault more of a fault of director Steve Miner who has done a lot, lot better films in his time. Rick Moranis is bland, and totally unfunny. In fact, was there a funny line in the entire film. The times I chuckled were the badly scripted bits, or how badly a scene was put together, or how awkward Arnold was looking. Okay, okay, some would say this is a children's film but it's message is totally confused. Bully reconciles with the bullied - well, I doubt most kids would ever want to see those that bullied them again, let alone get re-bullied by them in adulthood. The film would simply depress kids. Overall, an awful movie. Bad script, bad direction and bad acting. Suffice to say, I give this 1/10.