Black Sheep (1996)

A gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election.

Director:

Penelope Spheeris

Writer:

Fred Wolf

Stars:

Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chris Farley	...	Mike Donnelly
David Spade	...	Steve Dodds
Tim Matheson	...	Al Donnelly
Christine Ebersole	...	Governor Tracy
Gary Busey	...	Drake Sabitch
Grant Heslov	...	Robbie Mieghem
Timothy Carhart	...	Roger Kovary
Bruce McGill	...	Neuschwander
Michael Patrick Carter	...	Scott Colleary
Boyd Banks	...	Clyde Spinoza
David St. James	...	Motorcycle Cop
Skip O'Brien	...	State Trooper
Branden Morgan	...	Fan (as Branden R. Morgan)
'Gypsy' Spheeris	...	Pocket Pool Lady
John Ashker	...	Jim Blaine

Storyline

Comedy about the prospective Washington State Governor Al Donnelly whose only stumbling block on the road to power is his embarrassing younger brother Mike. To keep him out of mischief, Al forces one of his aides, Steve Dodds to keep an eye on him during the election. However, this is easier said than done...

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Plot Keywords:

slapstick comedy | fire | goofball | nitrous oxide | election | 

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Taglines:

There's one in every family.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude language and humor, drug-related material and sexual innuendo

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 February 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Ovelha Negra

Filming Locations:

S. Myrtle Ave. & W. Lime Ave., Monrovia, California, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$32,377,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broadway Pictures, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Penelope Spheeris had notable disagreements with writer Fred Wolf and David Spade throughout the entire production of the film. Spheeris fired Wolf from the film three times (he was hired back twice by Chris Farley and once by Lorne Michaels), then refused to speak to him and finally banned him from the set. Her relationship with Spade was equally as tumultuous. Speaking to Farley's official biographer, she said, "I don't think I've ever even smiled at anything David Spade's ever done... I still have a recording of a message David left on my answering machine. He said, 'You've spent this whole movie trying to cut my comedy balls off.'"

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Goofs

When he was hitting parking meters pennies flew out as well as quarters. Parking meters never take pennies.

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Quotes

Mike: I'm just dandy, I got a bowl of chocolate pudding in my underpants.
Steve: We didn't have any pudding in there buddy.

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Connections

Featured in I Love the '90s: Part Deux (2005)

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Soundtracks

Lord Is a Monkey
Written and Performed by Butthole Surfers
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from CEMA Special Markets

User Reviews

Chris Farley falling over alot.

Reviews of this film were less than favourable but since I enjoyed the Farley/Spade partnership so much in Tommy Boy I thought I would check this one out as well.

Farley does alot of falling over and generally self abuse in this one, for instance when he tumbles down a mountain side and then gets up and says "What was that all about?".

The bit where the bunk bed collapses on top of Spade during the hail storm and the "Power to the People" speech at the rock concert are hilarious.

Most viewed this film as inane and childish - one reviewer I distinctly remember said that he would rather have Des O'Connor sing him the phone book than watch this again - but I found myself laughing many times.