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Heavy

  • 19951995
  • RR
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
5.2K
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Liv Tyler and Pruitt Taylor Vince in Heavy (1995)
DramaRomance
The life of an overweight, unhappy cook is changed after a kind, beautiful college drop-out comes to work as a waitress at his and his mother's road-side restaurant.The life of an overweight, unhappy cook is changed after a kind, beautiful college drop-out comes to work as a waitress at his and his mother's road-side restaurant.The life of an overweight, unhappy cook is changed after a kind, beautiful college drop-out comes to work as a waitress at his and his mother's road-side restaurant.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
5.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • James Mangold
  • Writer
    • James Mangold
  • Stars
    • Pruitt Taylor Vince
    • Liv Tyler
    • Shelley Winters
  • Director
    • James Mangold
  • Writer
    • James Mangold
  • Stars
    • Pruitt Taylor Vince
    • Liv Tyler
    • Shelley Winters
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 62User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations

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    Pruitt Taylor Vince
    Pruitt Taylor Vince
    • Victor Modino
    Liv Tyler
    Liv Tyler
    • Callie
    Shelley Winters
    Shelley Winters
    • Dolly Modino
    Debbie Harry
    Debbie Harry
    • Delores
    • (as Deborah Harry)
    Joe Grifasi
    Joe Grifasi
    • Leo
    Evan Dando
    Evan Dando
    • Jeff
    David Patrick Kelly
    David Patrick Kelly
    • Grey Man in Hospital
    Marian Quinn
    Marian Quinn
    • Darlene
    Meg Hartig
    • Donna
    Zandy Hartig
    Zandy Hartig
    • Jean
    Peter Ortel
    • Tony
    George Alvarez
    George Alvarez
    • Orderly
    Cordis Heard
    Cordis Heard
    • Nurse
    J.C. MacKenzie
    J.C. MacKenzie
    • Gas Man
    • (as J.C. Mackenzie)
    Allan D'Arcangelo
    • Sonny
    Vince Parenti
    Vince Parenti
    • Trucker
    • (uncredited)
    Dennis Prager
    • Radio Talk Show Host
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • James Mangold
    • Writer
      • James Mangold
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      According to James Mangold, Pruitt Taylor Vince and Shelley Winters clashed early on during the production. Mangold said that as Vince was preparing for what was his first leading role in a film, he had felt upstaged by Winters. Mangold said that given her reputation as a Hollywood star, she had been very loud and theatrical, making Vince feel overshadowed. With tensions running high, Mangold went to Winters and told her that she had to make things right with him. Winters begrudgingly agreed and on the next day when they were preparing to shoot, Winters had Vince meet her on set in front of the cast and crew. Winters told Vince of all the famous people she's worked with, including Gene Hackman and Stanley Kubrick and the insults she called them, telling Vince that he now joined a long list of respected Hollywood people that she had insulted. Mangold said the tensions had gone away after that and they worked together well.
    • Goofs
      Victor is walking across a bridge toward the camera with a bag of groceries in one arm and just before he stops to look over the side, a fuzzy mike cover can be seen briefly in the bottom left corner of the shot.
    • Quotes

      Grey Man in Hospital: You're as big as an ox and no one sees you. I am the same way, I am loud and no one hears me, but when I whisper everyone looks around like something happened.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Rock/Heavy/The Phantom/Homage/Ma Saison Preferee (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Lost
      Written by Peter Case

      Performed by The Plimsouls

    User reviews62

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    8/10
    A wonderful, sad, compelling film.
    Heavy is a film about sad and desperate people, all of whom seem to have nothing to look forward to. At the center of the film is Victor, played magnificently by Pruitt Taylor Vince. He's the cook at his mother's restaurant. Victor goes about his job and life almost mechanically, he rarely say a word and his movement is limited. Until a couple of major event in his environment happens. One the hiring of a beautiful young waitress named Callie(Liv Tyler) which represent to Victor something wonderful and unattainable. Yet it gives him hope for his empty existence. The second major event is tragic, yet Victor hides it from everyone around him because he wants things to stay the same. He has no sense of what else is there for him. Yet this event might give him the opportunity to go out and see what's beyond the front door of his mom's restaurant. The final reel shows that whereas the other character's lives seem to be continuing the same pattern of sadness and despair. Victor might try to move on with his. Particularly his interaction with a convenience store female clerk with whom he's never spoken to before. It's not much but it's a start.
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    • THOR-31
    • May 16, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 5, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Upstate Story
    • Filming locations
      • Highland, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Available Light Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $941,414
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $14,425
      • Jun 9, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $941,414
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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