Mr. Deeds (2002)

A sweet-natured, small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way.

Director:

Steven Brill

Writers:

Clarence Budington Kelland (short story "Opera Hat"), Robert Riskin (film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town)

Stars:

Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro

5 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Sandler	...	Longfellow Deeds
Winona Ryder	...	Babe Bennett
John Turturro	...	Emilio Lopez
Allen Covert	...	Marty
Peter Gallagher	...	Chuck Cedar
Jared Harris	...	Mac McGrath
Erick Avari	...	Cecil Anderson
Peter Dante	...	Murph
Conchata Ferrell	...	Jan
Harve Presnell	...	Preston Blake
Steve Buscemi	...	Crazy Eyes
Blake Clark	...	Buddy Ward, Kevin's Father
John McEnroe	...	John McEnroe
J.B. Smoove	...	Reuben
Tom McNulty	...	Red Parka Man

Storyline

When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds. Of course, Deeds' sincere naiveté has Babe falling in love with him instead. Ultimately, Deeds comes to find that money truly has the power to change things, but it doesn't necessarily need to change him.

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Plot Keywords:

unknowing heir | sudden wealth | fish out of water | small town | reporter | 

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Taglines:

Small town kid, big time right hook

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language including sexual references, and some rear nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 June 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Deeds

Filming Locations:

Stewart Internationa Airport, Newburgh, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$37,162,787, 30 June 2002, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$126,293,452

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$171,269,535

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation,New Line Cinema,Happy Madison Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When filming the scene in which Deeds beats up Marty, Adam Sandler spun Allen Covert around. Covert slipped on the sidewalk, and his skull hit the concrete with no protection. He was unconscious for a minute.

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Goofs

After Deeds hands the Oreo and french fry pizza through the jail window to Crazy Eyes, he is immediately shown holding a slice and biting into it. He did not have enough time to put the pizza down, open the box, and take a slice.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Preston Blake: I'm gonna get to the top of Everest, if it's the last thing I do!
[cut to his frozen but triumphant body clinging to the summit of Mount Everest]

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Alternate Versions

DVD release contains six deleted scenes and an outtake reel.

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Connections

References 60 Minutes (1968)

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Soundtracks

Island In The Sun
Written by Rivers Cuomo
Performed by Weezer
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Gary Cooper rolls over in his grave

How they got THAT movie out of the beloved classic "Mr Deeds Goes to Town", I'll never know. The only similarity is in the name of the lead character.

Everybody overacted their role, and acted as stupid as possible. There wasn't enough relationship development between Winona's character and Deeds. In the *real* Mr Deeds (goes to town), the reporter and Deeds actually do establish a relationship.

Just rent or buy the real dvd to the classic movies. If you're not afraid of real movies that don't have sex, toilet jokes, animal abuse, then you'll love the real thing. This production of Mr. Deeds is a joke.

Check under "Mr Deeds Goes to Town" in imdb.