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Almost Heroes (1998) -- A road comedy about 2 guys whose mission is to beat Lewis and Clark.
Almost Heroes (1998) -- A road comedy about 2 guys whose mission is to beat Lewis and Clark.
Almost Heroes (1998) -- A road comedy about 2 guys whose mission is to beat Lewis and Clark.
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Overview

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Director:
Christopher Guest
Writers (WGA):
Mark Nutter (written by) &
Tom Wolfe (written by) ...
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Release Date:
29 May 1998 (USA) more
Tagline:
Almost History... Almost Legends... Mostly Ridiculous.
Plot:
A road comedy about 2 guys whose mission is to beat Lewis and Clark. full summary | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Sorry, Farley
 (From Movieline. 26 October 2009, 4:30 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
TASTELESS AND UNRELENTING IN ITS STUPIDITY, BUT HILARIOUS more (98 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Chris Farley ... Bartholomew Hunt

Matthew Perry ... Leslie Edwards
Bokeem Woodbine ... Jonah
Barry Del Sherman ... Sergeant
Robert Tittor ... Priest
Franklin Cover ... Nicholas Burr
David Packer ... Bidwell

Eugene Levy ... Guy Fontenot

Lisa Barbuscia ... Shaquinna

Christian Clemenson ... Father Girard

Steven M. Porter ... Higgins
Patrick Cranshaw ... Jackson (as Joseph Patrick Cranshaw)
Hamilton Camp ... Pratt
Jonathan Joss ... Bent Twig
George Aguilar ... Chief Two Roads
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Almost History (USA) (working title)
Edwards and Hunt (USA) (working title)
Edwards and Hunt: The First American Road Trip (USA) (working title)
From Here to There (USA) (working title)
Westward Ho (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for crude humor and nudity.
Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35442)

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Trivia:
This film marks the last leading role for Chris Farley who died five months before the film released. However it is not his last film appearance as he had a cameo for the film Dirty Work released later that same year. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Hunt picks up the rock to knock out Edwards, he acts as if it is very heavy and can barely lift it, but when he puts it back down he holds in it one hand without dropping it. more
Quotes:
[a bear has come into camp]
Bidwell: My nose itches.
Hunt: Don't scratch it.
Bidwell: Feels like there's a bug up in there.
Hunt: You scratch your nose. You're dead.
Bidwell: Well, I don't know what's worse. The bear or my itchy nose.
Hunt: I think it's leavin'.
Bidwell: I'm going to scratch it!
[begins scratching his nose and the bear turns around and bites his leg]
Bidwell: [shouts] The bear is worse! The bear is definitely worse!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Comedy Central Presents: Frank Caliendo (#8.4)" (2004) more
Soundtrack:
Opus 71 Third Movement, String Quartet in E Flat Major, 'Andante Con Moto' more

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15 out of 17 people found the following comment useful.
TASTELESS AND UNRELENTING IN ITS STUPIDITY, BUT HILARIOUS, 10 May 2003
Author: dfeenz from United States

Almost Heroes is a deliberately idiotic movie, and much of its

humor relies on the audience being aware of this. If you don't buy

that the movie is SUPPOSED to be ridiculous and nonsensical,

then you're not going to like it. Otherwise, it is a great Chris

Farley/Christopher Guest vehicle with abundant laughs, often at

the absurd crudity of its humor. There are scenes and dialogue

that come off as cheap attempts at lowbrow humor, when in fact

the real punchline is that you, the viewer, even acknowleged the

humor when it is so utterly tasteless. I, for one, laughed my @$$

off and got overdue fees at my video store because I couldn't stop

watching it.

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