The Nutt House (1992)

Two idential twins, separated since infancy, meet after 30 years causing a series of mistaken identity and crisis for all involved.

Directors:

Adam Rifkin, Scott Spiegel (uncredited)

Writers:

Sam Raimi (story) (as Alan Smithee Jr.), Scott Spiegel (story) (as Peter Perkinson)

Stars:

Stephen Kearney, Amy Yasbeck, Robert Trebor

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Stephen Kearney	...	Nathan Nutt / Philbert Nutt
Amy Yasbeck	...	Diane Nutt
Robert Trebor	...	Buddy
Robert Colbert	...	Board Doctor
Sandra Gould	...	Ma Belle
Captain Haggerty	...	Frank
Barry Livingston	...	Williams
Peter Lupus	...	Musso
Robert Mandan	...	Mr. Henderson
Emil Sitka	...	Geeves
Stella Stevens	...	Mrs. Robinson
Constance Towers	...	Mrs. Henderson
Joseph Whipp	...	Doctor Foster
Traci Lords	...	Miss Tress
Catherine Bach	...	Benefit Reporter

Storyline

Idential twins Philbert and Nathan are too much of a burden on their mother so she separates them by sending Nathan, the "bad seed", to an insane asylum where he grows up with multi personalities while Philbert becomes a well-known senator. On one typical day, Nathan escapes from the asylum to find his long-lost brother and somehow ends up at Philbert's mansion and since they both look alike, they cause some outrageously silly mishaps in which Philbert's long-suffering wife Diane and his mistress/housekeeper Miss Tress are fooled by the deception.

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Plot Keywords:

mistaken identity | food fight | transformation | insanity | split screen | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes you feel like a nut... sometimes you are

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for farcical sex-related scenes

Did You Know?

Trivia

Creative tensions between director Scott Spiegel and one of the film's producers, Brad Wyman, resulted in Spiegel being replaced by another director, Adam Rifkin, three weeks into production. Wyman later stated that he regretted firing Spiegel and blamed it on the fact that he (Wyman) "wasn't a very good producer at the time." As a result, the writers of this movie - Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Scott Spiegel - were so embarrassed with the end result that they all used pseudonyms instead of their own names in the credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Habeas Corpus: The Making of 'Psycho Cop Returns' (2017)

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Soundtracks

You Drive Me Crazy
Written by Andrew Klippel & Ean Sugarman
Performed by Love and The Forbidden
Used with permission of MCA Music (Australia) Pty. Ltd./ Chris Gilbey
Pty. Ltd.
Love and The Forbidden appears courtesy of Australian Records
Equities, Pty. Ltd.

User Reviews

So bad is actually funny

I bought this film from a local pound shop so I cant say I'm surprised at how bad it was,but I have had some enjoyment out of this film. But it has to be the most stupidly bad comedy film ever made, while watching the film you cant help but think that if the story was put in the right hands it probably would have been a good movie (with Jim Carrey in the lead and maybe David Zucker directing) but it is one of those films that is so dumb SO badly acted and directed that you actually cant help but laugh all the way through it, so does this make it a good comedy because its funny for all the wrong reasons?, NO! its absolute crap. You can definitely see why raimi took his name off the film.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 September 1992 (Germany)

Also Known As:

The Nutty Nut

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Connexion Film Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1