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 | character name as title | small town | 

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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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 June 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mister 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

Gross USA:

$126,293,452

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$171,269,535

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, 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 Babe, pretending to be a school nurse, talks to Longfellow on the phone, she says that a boy named Billy Barty is in her office, sick. This is a tribute to actor Billy Barty, who died in 2000, three months before production started.

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Goofs

While Pam/Babe is making her speech at the end, her hair parts from one side to the other and back between shots, and her mic switches hands. The middle shot was apparently flipped to maintain direction of movement during the sequence.

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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 Battlefield Earth (2000)

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Soundtracks

Quartet In B Flat, Opus 1. No 1 - La Chasse
Written by Franz Joseph Haydn (as Franz Joseph Haydn)

User Reviews

Should've Been Titled Mr. Duds

Not the best Adam Sandler movie by a long shot. A few funny scenes and a dumb love story plotline that will put you to sleep. Happy Gilmore was much better. Avoid this movie at all possible. Don't waste your time.