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Tiptoes

  • 2002
  • 12
  • 1h 31m
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4.2/10
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Patricia Arquette, Matthew McConaughey, Gary Oldman, and Kate Beckinsale in Tiptoes (2002)
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The story of a peculiar love triangle involving two brothers.The story of a peculiar love triangle involving two brothers.The story of a peculiar love triangle involving two brothers.

  • Director
    • Matthew Bright
  • Writer
    • Matthew Bright
  • Stars
    • Gary Oldman
    • Peter Dinklage
    • Kate Beckinsale
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.2/10
    5.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Matthew Bright
    • Writer
      • Matthew Bright
    • Stars
      • Gary Oldman
      • Peter Dinklage
      • Kate Beckinsale
    • 107User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Matthew McConaughey and Dana Sessen in Tiptoes (2002)
    Matthew McConaughey and Dana Sessen in Tiptoes (2002)
    Matthew McConaughey and Dana Sessen in Tiptoes (2002)
    Gary Oldman and Kate Beckinsale in Tiptoes (2002)
    Gary Oldman and Kate Beckinsale in Tiptoes (2002)
    Matthew McConaughey and Kate Beckinsale in Tiptoes (2002)
    Patricia Arquette and Peter Dinklage in Tiptoes (2002)
    Patricia Arquette and Peter Dinklage in Tiptoes (2002)
    Matthew McConaughey, Gary Oldman, and Kate Beckinsale in Tiptoes (2002)
    Gary Oldman and Kate Beckinsale in Tiptoes (2002)
    Kate Beckinsale in Tiptoes (2002)
    Matthew McConaughey and Kate Beckinsale in Tiptoes (2002)

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    Gary Oldman
    Gary Oldman
    • Rolfe
    Peter Dinklage
    Peter Dinklage
    • Maurice
    Kate Beckinsale
    Kate Beckinsale
    • Carol
    Matthew McConaughey
    Matthew McConaughey
    • Steven Bedalia
    Patricia Arquette
    Patricia Arquette
    • Lucy
    Debbie Lee Carrington
    Debbie Lee Carrington
    • Kitty Katz
    Ed Gale
    Ed Gale
    • Bobby Barry
    David Alan Grier
    David Alan Grier
    • Jerry Robin Jr.
    Marcia DeRousse
    Marcia DeRousse
    • Kathleen
    • (as Marcia de Rousse)
    Kacie Borrowman
    Kacie Borrowman
    • Margaret
    Michael J. Anderson
    Michael J. Anderson
    • Bruno
    Cherub Freed
    Cherub Freed
    • Tiffany
    • (as Cherub Fried)
    Alexa Nikolas
    Alexa Nikolas
    • Susan Barry
    Brittney Guzman
    Brittney Guzman
    • Janice
    Santiago Segura
    Santiago Segura
    • Motel Manager
    Bridget Powers
    • Sally
    • (as Bridget Powerz)
    Peter Macdissi
    Peter Macdissi
    • Adrissi
    Brandon Thompson
    Brandon Thompson
    • Chuck
    • Director
      • Matthew Bright
    • Writer
      • Matthew Bright
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Director Matthew Bright was fired after he turned in his cut, and the film was re-edited. Peter Dinklage has said the original director's cut, which was screened in Austin, TX, was "gorgeous", and the people who fired Bright "ruined the movie".
    • Goofs
      Steve is worried that his son might inherit the gene for dwarfism and become a dwarf himself. For the overwhelmingly most common form of dwarfism (known as "achondroplasia"), it is only possible to inherit the gene if either parent is a dwarf, which is obviously not the case. For the less common forms of heritable dwarfism, it is only possible to have a dwarf child if BOTH parents' families have a history of dwarfism, and the film does not show Carol's family to have such a history. In fact, Steve being the only average-sized individual from a family of dwarfs makes it overwhelmingly likely that he did NOT inherit any genes for dwarfism and therefore has a next-to-nothing chance of having a dwarf child.
    • Quotes

      Carol: So you had a circle jerk with a bunch of little people? I would love to see that!

    • Alternate versions
      The director's cut ran for two hours and thirty minutes, and was screened in Austin, TX.
    • Connections
      Featured in Tosh.0: Hurdle Fail Girls (Rematch) (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Pretty One
      Music and Lyrics by Curt Sobel and Gary Schreiner

      Recorded by Peter Dowdall

      Mixed by Michael Golub

      Performed by Steve Conte

    User reviews107

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    5/10
    Little Good in This Movie
    YOU'LL PROBABLY NEVER SEE THIS MOVIE BUT IF BY CHANCE YOU MIGHT THEN YOU SHOULDN'T READ THIS BECAUSE IT GIVES AWAY THE PLOT-LINE, BUT YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT ANYWAY.

    If I was going to look for an actor to play a sympathetic lead role of a dwarf for a straight-up drama about `little people,' naturally I would turn to Gary Oldman. Yes, that Gary Oldman. Dracula. The Devil. Pontius Pilate. Maybe 5'11'. I guess Al Pacino wasn't available.

    This is a bizarre movie. Matthew McConaughey plays Oldman's brother (not a dwarf), so this Schwarzeneggar and Devito as Twins straight up. Both McConaughey and Kate Beckinsale turn in reasonable performances, as does Peter Dinklage. (As an aside, I think this guy is a terrific actor. In both this and Station Agent, soon into the movie I quit thinking about him as a dwarf.) However, I was most enchanted by the acting of the little people in the supporting cast. They brought me inside an inaccessible subculture and often made it very comfortable and believable.

    However, Bogie, Bacall and the entire cast of the Wizard of Oz couldn't rescue this movie. This is an ambitious project with an intriguing premise. And apparently, Oldman is the one that drove the project, and he wanted to play a dwarf. (The kid that has the football gets to be quarterback?) But everything else about the movie is … bad. There were times when the Sundance crowd laughed at loud at some of the directing/editing. And the script seemed to be pieced together.

    More Weirdness: At the premiere at Sundance, writer-director Matthew Bright scathingly denounced the film. He didn't watch the movie and said he never will. (`It's like making love to your ex-wife.') Bright apparently got into an argument with the financier of the film over creative differences. I think what I heard is that Bright wanted to close with a love scene between Oldman (playing a dwarf) and Kate Beckinsale. I guess the money-guy just didn't think the American public was ready for this. Anyway, according to Bright, he was fired from the movie and a bunch of inexperienced hacks who know nothing about the movie business finished the film. Bright said neither he nor none of the artists were paid a dime and that they didn't support the movie. Maybe this explains why this was such a disappointing film.
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    • Release date
      • January 16, 2004 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • France
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Маленькі пальчики
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Langley Productions
      • Marshak / Zachary
      • Muse Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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