Dumb and Dumber (1994)

After a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it.

Directors:

Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly (uncredited)

Writers:

Peter Farrelly, Bennett Yellin

Stars:

Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly

5 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jim Carrey	...	Lloyd
Jeff Daniels	...	Harry
Lauren Holly	...	Mary
Mike Starr	...	Joe Mentalino
Karen Duffy	...	J.P. Shay
Charles Rocket	...	Nicholas Andre
Victoria Rowell	...	Athletic Beauty
Joe Baker	...	Barnard
Hank Brandt	...	Karl Swanson
Teri Garr	...	Helen Swanson
Brady Bluhm	...	Billy
Cam Neely	...	Sea Bass
Felton Perry	...	Detective Dale
Brad Lockerman	...	Bobby
Rob Moran	...	Bartender

Storyline

Harry and Lloyd are two good friends who happen to be really stupid. The duo set out on a cross country trip from Providence to Aspen, Colorado to return a briefcase full of money to its rightful owner, a beautiful woman named Mary Swanson. After a trip of one mishap after another, the duo eventually make it to Aspen. But the two soon realize that Mary and her briefcase are the least of their problems.

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Plot Keywords:

road trip | briefcase of money | woman wearing a short skirt | kidnapping | slapstick comedy | 

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Taglines:

What the one doesn't have, the other is missing.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

PG-13

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title of the film could be ironic because even though Harry and Lloyd are meant to be imbeciles it can be suggested Joe Mentalino, Shay and Nicholas Andre are also dim witted as they think Harry and Lloyd are agents helping Mary get her husband back. In fact before he died Mentalino even remarks he made a mistake thinking Harry and Lloyd were spies after discovering they were just handing a briefcase back to Mary.

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Goofs

When Mary's husband Bobby is getting out of the police car at the end of the movie he opens the door from the inside himself instead of having to be let out.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Lloyd Christmas: Excuse me. Could you tell me how to get to the medical school? I'm supposed to be giving a lecture in 20 minutes, and my driver's a bit lost.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits are full of spelling errors. For instance, "Prodoosed", "Durected" and "wrote" instead of "written".

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Alternate Versions

In the TV version, Lloyd says "Slap me sideways" instead of "Suck me sideways" and also, they delete the shower scene from the dream sequence, and the "schoolboy monologue" and the resulting verbal faux pas made by Lloyd

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Connections

Referenced in Razortooth (2007)

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Soundtracks

Country Adagio
Performed & Written by Ian Hughes
Courtesy of Audio Action

User Reviews

a barrel of laughs! (and more...)

Destined to become a classic in its genre, DUMB & DUMBER reaches its objective of making people laugh off their seats, in a film that crowns Carrey as the modern Lewis & gives Daniels a great chance to show us his lighter side. This is the kind of movie you want to see 100 times, with pranks & puns so silly you love to hate! high moments are Daniel`s bout with the toilet, the parakeet incident, and Jim Carrey`s love declaration to a schoolboy. If U R not silly and have no sense of humor, and basically are not alive , don`t watch this movie...otherwise, rent the video, order some pizza & beer and prepare for 1999: Dumb & Dumber (The early years) Two fingers up

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Swedish German

Release Date:

16 December 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Power Tool Is Not a Toy

Filming Locations:

845 W 24th St, Ogden, Utah, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$16,363,442, 18 December 1994

Gross USA:

$127,175,374

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$247,275,374

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, Motion Picture Corporation of America (MPCA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min 113 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS (uncredited)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1