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The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) -- Murray is mistaken for a spy and must stop a plot to assasinate international leaders at a banquet.

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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Robert Farrar (novel)
Robert Farrar (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
14 November 1997 (USA) more
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He's on a mission so secret, even he doesn't know about it. more
Plot:
Murray is mistaken for a spy and must stop a plot to assasinate international leaders at a banquet. full summary | add synopsis
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(9 articles)
User Comments:
Excellent parody! more (82 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bill Murray ... Wallace 'Wally' Ritchie

Peter Gallagher ... James 'Jimmy' Ritchie

Joanne Whalley ... Lorelei 'Lori'

Alfred Molina ... Boris 'The Butcher' Blavasky
Richard Wilson ... Sir Roger Daggenhurst
Geraldine James ... Dr. Ludmilla Kropotkin
John Standing ... Gilbert Embleton
Anna Chancellor ... Barbara Ritchie
Nicholas Woodeson ... Sergei
Simon Chandler ... Hawkins
Cliff Parisi ... Uri
John Thomson ... Dimitri
Janet Henfrey ... Ms. Goldstein
Terry O'Neill ... Spencer
Isabel Hernández ... Consuela (as Isabel Hernandez)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Agent Null Null Nix (Germany)
Agent Null Null Nix - Bill Murray in hirnloser Mission (Germany) (TV title)
Watch That Man (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG for language, innuendo, comic violence and sensuality.
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94 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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First cinema film of Eddie Marsan. more
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Wally is on the ledge at the Plaza, he yells down to Jimmy several times. Several of the times he yells, his mouth actually isn't moving. more
Quotes:
[Wallace is being shot at]
Wallace: Time out! Time out! I got something in my eye, jagoff!
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Movie Connections:
References The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) more
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FEVER more

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14 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent parody!, 6 March 2004
8/10
Author: wipster from Kennewick, WA

Anybody who didn't enjoy this movie didn't get it... it was one of the most hilarious parodies I've ever seen. But, perhaps the circumstances of my initial viewing overly influenced my opinion. On a business trip to DC in 1998, I saw "The Game" with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn on the way out... great movie, but very heavy and deep. However on the way back, this movie was playing. Based on initial reviews I wasn't expecting much, but watching it was like someone purposely made a funny version of The Game, and I probably annoyed my fellow passengers as I was laughing so hard. I thought Murray was at his best, not unlike Chevy Chase in the Fletch movies (shame they didn't make more of those), as they were both in their comical element.

The coincidental (or perhaps not) pairing of these two films really added to my enjoyment of both. On a cold rainy weekend, I strongly recommend renting both and watching them in the same order I did… you won't be disappointed!

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