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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Danny DeVito | ... | John Leary | |
| Robert J. Steinmiller Jr. | ... | Jack Leary | |
| Miko Hughes | ... | Dylan Leary | |
| Gary Sinise | ... | Norman Strick | |
| Art LaFleur | ... | Mr. Festinger | |
| Stefan Gierasch | ... | Father-in-Law | |
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Erica Yohn | ... | Mother-in-Law |
| Andrea Marcovicci | ... | Elizabeth Leary | |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | ... | Peggy Etinger | |
| Reese Witherspoon | ... | Karen Morris | |
| Bert Remsen | ... | Mitchell | |
| Carl Gabriel Yorke | ... | Gordon Layton | |
| Lee Garlington | ... | Mrs. Festinger | |
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Lorinne Vozoff | ... | Mrs. Mitchell |
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Justin Mosley Spink | ... | Dexter Mitchell |
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Danny DeVito is John Leary, a professional clown, whose wife's death in a car accident has left him to care for his two young boys. Loving, but useless at the daily job of fathering, the onus falls on plucky Jack the Bear (Robert J. Steinmiller, Jr.) Leary's conscience, and a quantity of alcohol, leads him to denounce a neo-fascist candidate on his children's television program, and also to the kidnapping of youngest son Dylan (Miko Hughes) by a disturbed neo-Nazi supporter. Written by David Holmes <d.r.h@btinternet.com>
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Rated PG-13 for elements of theme, and for some terror | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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2 April 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Jack Leary: I thought I knew all about monsters. I used to watch them late at night on Dad's TV show. After we moved to Oakland, he stopped doing kid's shows, because he was different now. Everything was different. Now he was Al Gory, monster of ceremonies at Midnight Shriek.
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Written by Marty Balin and Paul Kantner
Performed by Jefferson Airplane
Courtesy of the RCA Records Label of BMG Music
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Principal photography was completed in the summer of 1991, but the film's post-production lasted over a year. The creative team decided to film more footage with Danny DeVito. However, DeVito had other prior commitments that kept the film from being completed. Director Marshall Herskovitz and Producer Bruce Gilbert initially clashed in the editing room, but they ultimately patched up their differences and worked as a team. In July 1992, DeVito's additional scenes were filmed. The film was finished in October, but the studio's Christmas schedule had already been filled, and it ultimately was released in April 1993. See more »Goofs
Jack refers to the Oakland A's after they won the '72 series as the 'Amazin A's'. The actual nickname was the 'Swingin A's' See more »Quotes
[first lines]Jack Leary: I thought I knew all about monsters. I used to watch them late at night on Dad's TV show. After we moved to Oakland, he stopped doing kid's shows, because he was different now. Everything was different. Now he was Al Gory, monster of ceremonies at Midnight Shriek.
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DeVeto gives the performance of his career in this lesser known film. A period piece set in the early 1970's, about a widower raising two young boys alone. His wife is killed in an auto accident shortly after storming out the house because she and Jack had an argument. He blames himself, and turns to alcohol. A touching and comic film that did not get the attention it deserves. This is a must see.