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| Oliver Platt | ... | Maurice | |
| Stanley Tucci | ... | Arthur | |
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Walker Jones | ... | Maitre D' |
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Jessica Walling | ... | Attractive Woman |
| David Lipman | ... | Baker in Kramer's Pastries | |
| E. Katherine Kerr | ... | Gertrude in "Hamlet" | |
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George Guidall | ... | Claudius in "Hamlet" |
| William Hill | ... | Bernardo in "Hamlet" | |
| Alfred Molina | ... | Sir Jeremy Burtom | |
| Michael Emerson | ... | Burtom's Assistant | |
| Jack O'Connell | ... | Stage Manager | |
| Matt Malloy | ... | Mike / Laertes in "Hamlet" | |
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Ted Blumberg | ... | Francisco in "Hamlet" |
| Lili Taylor | ... | Lily 'Lil' | |
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In an attempt to resurrect the slapstick comedy of Laurel and Hardy or The Marx Brothers, Stanley Tucci and Oliver Platt team-up as two out-of-work actors who accidentally stowaway on a ship to hide from a drunken, belligerent lead actor who has sworn to kill them for belittling his talents. Of course, the lead actor end up on the ship as well. Also, a madman (Tony Shalhoub) plots the destruction of the ship and Steve Buscemi is a depressed, suicidal lounge singer named Happy Frank. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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2 October 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$308,767, 4 October 1998Gross USA:
$2,198,044Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Maurice: [as they discuss an act which they did] I'm sorry.
Arthur: You stole my death.
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Written and Performed by Isham Jones
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The incident in which Alfred Molina's character slaps Mike Malloy's with a sword during a performance is based on a real-life incident in which actor Nicol Williamson struck a fellow actor on the buttocks with a sword during a performance of "I Hate Hamlet." Williamson also exemplified his disdain for the play and his cast mates by breaking character and badmouthing the material on and off stage. See more »Goofs
When Happy Franks sits at the bar and sees the sleeping pills, the bottle has the address printed on it, including the ZIP code. ZIP codes were not used until 1963. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Maurice: [as they discuss an act which they did] I'm sorry.
Arthur: You stole my death.
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I rented this knowing nothing about it (not much of this kind of thing makes it to Kentucky). I just really like Oliver Platt. So I rented it one night in college, having nothing better to do...
And I loved it. It's really not like any movie I've ever seen. I'm not really a connoisseur of Laurel and Hardy or anyone like that--I'm just your average college kid, I guess. I don't like most American comedy, though, because it's a little too dependent on violence and switching one's brain off. But this movie was so different and so funny! It was silly, sure, but it was smart and really amusing. I love Steve Buscemi in everything he's in, and he was just TOO funny here. I was rolling in the floor.
And Campbell Scott was just great, I loved how he kept popping up at the most inopportune times. But my favorite part, I think, was that little bit with the Hamlet play. I've seen productions like this and known actors like that and it was just PERFECT! The archetypical actor who can't fit his inflated head through the backstage door. It was truly hilarious all the way through, and I don't know anything about what it could be based on. I just liked it a lot. But it's not your average American comedy, and it might inspire a love/hate response in many viewers. I think it's probably an acquired taste.