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
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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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dark humor | pallbearer | funeral | directorial debut | bachelor party |Taglines:
A comedy about life-long crushes, mistaken identity and one really bad eulogy. See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
3 May 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
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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Written by Herbie Hancock
Performed by Herbie Hancock
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc.
Under lcense from CEMA Special Markets
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The roller coaster Tom and Julie ride is actually the Blue Streak, which is located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. 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 »Soundtracks
Cantaloupe IslandWritten by Herbie Hancock
Performed by Herbie Hancock
Courtesy of Blue Note Records, a division of Capitol Records, Inc.
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The Pallbearer will be compared with The Graduate. A graduate (Tom, played by David Schwimmer), only one year later, has an affair with an older woman. She is the mother of a dead guy named Bill. Tom did not know Bill but the mother thinks he was his best friend. He plays along. The affair starts but Tom is really in love with a younger girl named Julie (Gwyneth Paltrow). So far this is a lot like The Graduate and in my opinion this wasn't a good part of the movie although it had its funny scenes.
The comparison with The Graduate holds on in the main plot-line may be, but The Pallbearer takes a different way in the way it is shown to us. I liked how the movie developed from that moment on. Especially the ending is well-chosen.
David Schwimmer was a better lead than I expected, he wasn't that bad. Most funny scenes were happening because of him. Gwyneth Paltrow was lovely and for me she made sure I liked the movie a little more. It is not very good but it has a couple of good laughs, a nice story and a nice chemistry between Schwimmer and Paltrow.