Bean (1997)

The bumbling Mr. Bean travels to America when he is given the responsibility of bringing a highly valuable painting to a Los Angeles museum.

Director:

Mel Smith

Writers:

Rowan Atkinson (characters), Richard Curtis (characters),

Stars:

Rowan Atkinson, Peter MacNicol, John Mills

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rowan Atkinson	...	Mr. Bean
Peter MacNicol	...	David Langley
John Mills	...	Chairman (as Sir John Mills)
Pamela Reed	...	Alison Langley
Harris Yulin	...	George Grierson
Burt Reynolds	...	General Newton
Larry Drake	...	Elmer
Danny Goldring	...	Security Buck
Johnny Galecki	...	Stingo Wheelie
Chris Ellis	...	Det. Butler
Andrew Lawrence	...	Kevin Langley
Peter Egan	...	Lord Walton
Peter Capaldi	...	Gareth
June Brown	...	Delilah
Peter James	...	Dr. Rosenblum

Storyline

Bean works as a caretaker at Britain's formidable Royal National Gallery, and his bosses want to fire him because he sleeps at work all the time, but can't because the chairman of the gallery's board defends him. They send him to USA, to the small Los Angeles art gallery instead, where he'll have to officiate at the opening of the greatest US picture ever (called "Whistler's Mother").

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Plot Keywords:

eccentric | whistler's mother | london england | los angeles california | miracle | 

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Taglines:

Be afraid, be very afraid, Mr. Bean has a passport.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for moments of risque humor

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 November 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bean: The Movie

Filming Locations:

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$22,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$132,500,000 (Non-US) (31 October 1997)

Gross:

$45,298,656 (USA) (23 January 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films, Tiger Aspect Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min 85 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The producers were initially looking for an unknown actor to play General Newton. But being a fan of the TV series, Burt Reynolds asked for a role and was then cast to appear as Newton.

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Goofs

When Mr. Bean unintentionally attracts the attention of two police officers at the airport they start to walk over to him. When they reach him one of the officers is different. The two officers then start to chase him and the original officer is back again.

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Quotes

[the Langleys have a conference about Bean's arrival]
Jennifer Langley: [in sarcastic tone] You're kidding.
David Langley: Come on, it's gonna be great! Let's say there's a chart of the most intelligent people you've ever met in your lives. Well, at number one with the bullet is Doctor Bean.
[family sighs]
Kevin Langley: Kevin, you know how sometimes you ask me questions that I can't answer.
Kevin Langley: Like "What is an intrauterine device"?
David Langley: I think more like "What's the meaning of life?"
Kevin Langley: I never asked you that.
David Langley: That's fine. It doesn't matter! What I'm ...
[...]

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Crazy Credits

Flashbacks of the movie appear at the beginning of the closing credits.

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Connections

References 101 Dalmatians (1996)

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Soundtracks

"Walking On Sunshine"
Written by Kimberley Rew
Performed by Katrina & The Waves (as Katrina and the Waves)

User Reviews

Great movie

Although the storyline is quite different to the usual ones in the tv show, the movie still captures the clumsiness and total annoyingness of the character of Mr Bean. Rowan Atkinson is great and so are the other actors in the film. I really enjoyed this, probably more because it wasn't a disaster like the tv show usually is. In other words Bean didn't stuff up as much. there were some great scenes involving the painting and in the hospital. I recommend it to those comedy fans and for anybody who can withstand the lunatic behaviour of Mr Bean.