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Release Date:
26 July 1996 (USA)
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A comedy right up your alley. more
Plot:
A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches. full summary | add synopsis
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Bowling
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Amish
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Prosthetic Body Part
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(19 articles)
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A completely underrated comedy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Woody Harrelson | ... | Roy Munson | |
| Randy Quaid | ... | Ishmael | |
| Vanessa Angel | ... | Claudia | |
| Bill Murray | ... | Ernie McCracken | |
| Chris Elliott | ... | The Gambler | |
| William Jordan | ... | Mr. Boorg | |
| Richard Tyson | ... | Owner Of Stiffy's | |
| Lin Shaye | ... | Landlady | |
| Zen Gesner | ... | Thomas | |
| Prudence Wright Holmes | ... | Mrs. Boorg | |
| Rob Moran | ... | Stanley Osmanski | |
| Daniel Greene | ... | Calvert Munson (as Danny Green) | |
| Will Rothhaar | ... | Young Roy | |
| Mark Charpentier | ... | 1979 Bowling Buddy | |
| Brad Faxon | ... | 1979 Bowling Buddy |
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Rated PG-13 for crude sex-related humor and a drug scene.; Rated R for some crude sex-related humor. (edited version)
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113 min | USA:117 min (R-rated version)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Finland:K-10 |
Iceland:L |
USA:PG-13 (No. 34604) |
South Korea:15 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Australia:M |
Belgium:KT |
Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) |
Netherlands:12 |
Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:12 |
USA:R (director's cut)
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The back rows of fans at the Reno bowling stadium are made out of cardboard.
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Continuity: As Ishmael throws his first strike for Roy, Roy puts his left hand in his coat pocket. In the next shot, Roy's hand is out of his pocket.
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Referenced in Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000) (V)
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Oh Very Young
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Kingpin, (despite what you may think) is a ground breaking comedy. Don't let the unpopularity of the people's recognition of this film missguide you; it is a truly hilarious film.
Woody Harrelson plays the ultimate dead-beat. A washed up ex-professional bowler. A man who's become a disgrace. A man who would rather float around in his existence as a mortal wound of obscurity and drink himself to death, than possibly making something of himself again. He meets up with a dense amish kid named Ishmael. Ishmael's so stupid, so naive and oblivious
of what's going on around him--that he makes it funny.
Bill Murray appears off and on in this twisted picture--and all of his screen time is absolutely precious . Kingpin is a piece of comedic gold, that many have overlooked....