A young man's life is thrown into a loop when he is asked to be a pallbearer for the funeral of a classmate he doesn't remember, and his old high school crush temporarily returns to town.
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Title: The Pallbearer (1996)
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Cast
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| David Schwimmer | ... | Tom Thompson | |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | ... | Julie DeMarco | |
| Michael Rapaport | ... | Brad Schorr | |
| Toni Collette | ... | Cynthia | |
| Carol Kane | ... | Tom's Mother | |
| Michael Vartan | ... | Scott | |
| Bitty Schram | ... | Lauren | |
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Jean De Baer | ... | Suzanne DeMarco |
| Elizabeth Franz | ... | Aunt Lucille | |
| Mark Margolis | ... | Philip DeMarco | |
| Barbara Hershey | ... | Ruth Abernathy | |
| Edoardo Ballerini | ... | The Job Interviewer | |
| Matthew Faber | ... | Jared | |
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Robin Morse | ... | Sylvie |
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Tony Machine | ... | The Undertaker |
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Chaos unfolds as Tom is roped into being a pallbearer (and delivering the eulogy!) by the mother of a recently deceased "friend" from high school that he just can't remember. In the meantime, an unrequited love from high school (NOT the dead guy's girlfriend) reappears in his life. Written by Anonymous
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A comedy about life-long crushes, mistaken identity and one really bad eulogy. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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3 May 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$2,319,236, 5 May 1996, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$5,656,388, 31 December 1996Company Credits
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Tom: He wasn't my best friend. I hardly knew him!
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Written by Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell
Performed by Sheryl Crow
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Both Michael Rapaport (Brad Schorr) and Michael Vartan (Scott) did guest spots ended on Friends which starred David Schwimmer (Tom Thompson). See more »Goofs
The legal pad Tom scripts his phone call on is yellow in medium shot and white in the closeup inserts. See more »Quotes
Ruth Abernathy: [In restaurant, in front of Julie and her parents] So, this is Julie! Why don't you tell her, Tom, what you did to your best friend's mother?Tom: He wasn't my best friend. I hardly knew him!
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I Shall BelieveWritten by Sheryl Crow, Bill Bottrell
Performed by Sheryl Crow
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The DVD cover to this film describes it as "wildly entertaining." I find this characterization "wildly" inappropriate. Although it does have its comedic moments at the beginning (the funeral scenes are reminiscent of "The Big Chill" and the "Chuckles the Clown" episode of "Mary Tyler Moore, the film smoothly evolves into a poignant story of Tom Thompson's(Schwimmer)search for the meaning of his life. He is hindered in part by his inability to get past an unrequited love in high school (played by Paltrow). Schwimmers's body language is so in tune to the emptiness of his character. His journey reminds me, once again of another film - Benjamin Braddock in "The Graduate. Tom has three friends who give the appearance of having figured things out, but demonstrate their own frailties before the film is done. Barbara Hershey, in the role of the mother of the deceased, initially earns no sympathy, but by end of the film, there is more understanding, of if not empathy her character. (By the way, I mean no criticism in comparing this film or its characters to other film.)
Don't see this film if you're looking for a light-hearted comedy. It's not "Friends" or "Shallow Hall." It's a thoughtful film with an especially sweet performance by David Schwimmer.