There's Something About Mary (1998)

A man gets a chance to meet up with his dream girl from high school, even though his date with her back then was a complete disaster.

Directors:

Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Writers:

Ed Decter (story), John J. Strauss (story)

Stars:

Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller

17 wins & 17 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cameron Diaz	...	Mary
Matt Dillon	...	Healy
Ben Stiller	...	Ted
Lee Evans	...	Tucker
Chris Elliott	...	Dom
Lin Shaye	...	Magda
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Sully
Markie Post	...	Mary's Mom
Keith David	...	Mary's Dad
W. Earl Brown	...	Warren
Sarah Silverman	...	Brenda
Khandi Alexander	...	Joanie
Marnie Alexenburg	...	Lisa
Danny Murphy	...	Boss' Brother (as Dan Murphy)
Richard Tyson	...	Detective Krevoy (as Richard M. Tyson)

Storyline

Ted was a geek in high school, who was going to go to the prom with one of the most popular girls in school, Mary. The prom date never happened, because Ted had a very unusual accident. Thirteen years later he realizes he is still in love with Mary, so he hires a private investigator to track her down. That investigator discovers he too may be in love with Mary, so he gives Ted some false information to keep him away from her. But soon Ted finds himself back into Mary's life, as we watch one funny scene after another.

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Plot Keywords:

dream girl | mini dress | original story | thin legs | black man white woman marriage | 

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Taglines:

Everyone's talking about Mary...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong comic sexual content and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mary talks about how she is a fan of the S.F. 49ers and Steve Young. In 1986 when Mary was in high school, Steve Young played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before being traded to the 49ers.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 28 mins) When Mary and Ted arrive at her apartment after their date she is barefoot even though she was wearing shoes earlier. she's not carrying her shoes or is ever seen putting them down or dropping them off.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Ted: [voice over] When I was 16 years old, I fell in love.

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Crazy Credits

A montage of scenes from the film as well as outtakes involving the cast lip-syncing to The Foundations' song "Build Me Up Buttercup" runs during the end credits.

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Alternate Versions

To receive a PG rating the Singapore version was very heavily censored. It runs 6 minutes less then the original version. By MPAA standards it would probably get a PG-13 at most. Here are just a few of the many things that are censored in this version:

• All profanities have been dubbed over.
• In the bathroom scene when the construction worker says "Hoooly Sh*t!" and then we get a look at Ted's genitals caught in the zipper is cut out.
• The scene where Pat Healy spies on Mary we do not see Magda's old saggy breast. Instead when Pat pulls out his big binoculars it just pans back to Mary putting her shirt on.
• The masturbation scene is completely cut out of the film. But we still see Don talk to him about and convince him to masturbate before the scene and we see the "Hair Gel" result.

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Connections

Referenced in At the Movies: Ronin/Pecker/Clay Pigeons/Urban Legend/Shadrach (1998)

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Soundtracks

Bad Boys (Theme From Cops)
Written by Ian Lewis
Performed by Badd Eli
Courtesy of Blank Productions
By arrangement with Source/Q

User Reviews

Funny but crude.

This is gross out comedy classic; Its aged relatively well as 20 years have passed now. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes crude and disgusting, maybe the very best movie from the Farrelly Brothers. Outstanding Matt Dillon in one of his best roles. The hair gel scene is infamous now as is the bathroom scene. Very funny and Cameron Diaz was so gorgeous in this. Classic stuff

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 July 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

There's Something More About Mary

Filming Locations:

River Walk Trail, Miami, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$23,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,740,644, 19 July 1998

Gross USA:

$176,484,651

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$369,884,651

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min 130 min (extended cut) 107 min (TV)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1