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Kingpin (1996) 6.8
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Reviews: 175 user | 52 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches. |
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| Randy Quaid | ... | ||
| Vanessa Angel | ... | ||
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| Richard Tyson | ... | ||
| Lin Shaye | ... | ||
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Calvert Munson
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Roy Munson was raised to be the best bowler in the world (trained early on by his father). But a fellow bowler, Ernie McCracken and a misunderstanding with some rough punks, leaves poor Roy with the loss of his bowling hand! Not to let this get him down, he gets a prosthetic hand and becomes a travelling sales man. But it's really all down hill for him from that night on until ... One day he meets Ishmael who is Amish and sneaks away from the farm to bowl (his fellow Amish would disown him if they knew)! Roy convinces Ishmael to let him be his trainer and he'll make him the best bowler the world has ever seen. Reluctantly Ishmael agrees to go on the road and shortly afterwards actually finds that life outside the farm is quite fun. Soon their paths cross that of Ernie McCracken who is still a top ranking bowler. While Roy's career and life have landed in the toilet bowl, Ernie is still drawing huge crowds and all the babes! They both square off for the ultimate bowling championship ..... Written by Jane Byron Dean <McGinty@aol.com>
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 July 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Kingpin - Estes Loucos Reis do Boliche See more »Box Office
Budget:
$27,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$5,582,000 (USA) (26 July 1996)Gross:
$24,944,213 (USA) (11 October 1996)Company Credits
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Roy: Hey, hey, Ish. Ish! *Ish*!
Ishmael: No. No! *No* way!
Roy: Hey! Listen, you stupid banana head! You don't have to bet. I'll bet for you.
Ishmael: Oh, that's cool. I mean, what's the worst that can happen?
[Roy agrees by gesturing with his hook and then looks at it awkwardly]
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Performed by Simon & Garfunkel
Written by Paul Simon
Artist Courtesy of Columbia Records
by arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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In the scene from 1969, where young Roy leaps over a fence, a 1973 full-size Buick on cement blocks can be seen in the background in the garage next door. See more »Quotes
Ishmael: No way. Uh-huh. There's no way I can bet. It's against my religion. I was raised to *not* be a gambler. There's no way I'm going to bet.Roy: Hey, hey, Ish. Ish! *Ish*!
Ishmael: No. No! *No* way!
Roy: Hey! Listen, you stupid banana head! You don't have to bet. I'll bet for you.
Ishmael: Oh, that's cool. I mean, what's the worst that can happen?
[Roy agrees by gesturing with his hook and then looks at it awkwardly]
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Crazy Credits
The Blues Traveler dressed as Amish performing in the final credits. See more »Soundtracks
"The Sound of Silence"Performed by Simon & Garfunkel
Written by Paul Simon
Artist Courtesy of Columbia Records
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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....