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Bowfinger (1999)
6.4
Ratings: 6.4/10 from 40,133 users
Metascore:
71/100
Reviews: 352 user | 135 critic | 33 from Metacritic.com When a desperate movie producer fails to get a major star for his bargain basement film, he decides to shoot the film secretly around him. Director:Frank OzWriter:Steve Martin |
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| Christine Baranski | ... | ||
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Slater
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Hal, Kit's Agent
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| Robert Downey Jr. | ... | ||
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Sanchez
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| Alfred De Contreras | ... |
Martinez
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Ramiro Fabian | ... |
Hector
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Luis
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Claude Brooks | ... |
Freddy
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Storyline
Hollywood, today: Bobby Bowfinger, a run-down actor-producer-director, is reading a script which a friend has written. Completely convinced of its quality, he decides to take a last shot at fame and fortune. But the script is not that easy to sell, and a famous producer promises him to do it, but there is one condition: Kit Ramsey, Hollywood's number one star, has to be in it. So, Bobby tries his luck with Kit - who says no - and then decides to shoot the film himself. Together with the cheapest team available in Southern California, an aspiring beauty from Ohio, a diva who is just a little over the hill, a key-holding gofer from a major studio and a goon hired away from burger-flipping, Bobby sets out to shoot the science-fiction-film starring Kit Ramsey - who does not even know he's being filmed. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
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Loser. Faker. See more »Genres:
ComedyMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sex-related material and language See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Knubbigt regn See more »Box Office
Budget:
$55,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$18,062,550 (USA) (15 August 1999) (2706 Screens)Gross:
$66,365,290 (USA) (28 November 1999)Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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Robert K. Bowfinger: Wow. Great script. Great script!
[to his dog]
Robert K. Bowfinger: Betsy? It's now or never. We are gonna make a movie.
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Written by Walter Murphy
Performed by Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
Courtesy of RFT Music Publishing Corporation
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Trivia
Based on a real incident in 1927. A Russian filmmaker covertly shot footage of the vacationing Mary Pickford, and fashioned an entire film around the footage, creating the illusion that Pickford was actually starring in this Russian film. See more »Goofs
Continuity: In the first scene with Carol and Kit, she confronts him at an outdoor café, and the shots alternate between her standing upright and leaning a bit with her left hand on a chair. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Robert K. Bowfinger: Wow. Great script. Great script!
[to his dog]
Robert K. Bowfinger: Betsy? It's now or never. We are gonna make a movie.
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Crazy Credits
After the last credits roll, Kit's line, "I saved the world! I saved it,"can be heard. See more »
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"A Fifth of Beethoven"Written by Walter Murphy
Performed by Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band
Courtesy of RFT Music Publishing Corporation
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