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

Winona Ryder and Conchatta Ferrell appeared in Edward Scissorhands (1990).

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Goofs

Deeds gives away the $40 billion to the United Negro College Fund, so there should be no money for Emilio to inherit and then give $1 billion to Deeds.

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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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Connections

References Big Daddy (1999)

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Soundtracks

In The Summertime
Written by Ray Dorset
Performed by Mungo Jerry
Courtesy of Eliot M. Cohen & Company

User Reviews

Could have been better

Mr. Deeds doesn't suck it just could have been funnier. All the reviews have said the funny parts are in the trailer which is true. Adam Sandler is normally funny when he plays an avergae joe but I dunno what happened here. I guess the main problem is the script.