The Honeymooners (2005)

Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always around to help him get in (and out of) trouble.

Director:

John Schultz

Writers:

Danny Jacobson, David Sheffield

Stars:

Cedric the Entertainer, Mike Epps, Gabrielle Union

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cedric the Entertainer	...	Ralph Kramden
Mike Epps	...	Ed Norton
Gabrielle Union	...	Alice Kramden
Regina Hall	...	Trixie Norton
Eric Stoltz	...	William Davis
Jon Polito	...	Kirby
John Leguizamo	...	Dodge
Carol Woods	...	Alice's Mom
Ajay Naidu	...	Vivek
Arnell Powell	...	DJ Suckaslam
Leticia Castillo	...	Young Mother
Chuy Bravo	...	Grocer
Doreen Keogh	...	Miss Celestine
Camille Donegan	...	Lissa
Joanna Dickens	...	Bus Stop Woman

Storyline

New York City bus driver Ralph Kramden and his feisty wife Alice, struggle to make ends meet. Despite Ralph's many get-rich-quick schemes/motivational speaker tape series, they've managed to save some money and, along with their best friends Ed and Trixie Norton, they seem to have almost enough money for a down payment on a Brooklyn duplex. However, when Ralph decides to try to impress Alice by making up what he's lost and augmenting their savings with another of his crazy schemes, he winds up losing all their money and his marriage to boot--and it takes all his determination and love for Alice to get things on track again.

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Plot Keywords:

money | friend | scheme | get rich quick | bus | 

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Taglines:

Dream big. Scheme bigger.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some innuendo and rude humor

Details

Country:

USA Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 June 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Casados com o Azar

Filming Locations:

The Sally Gap, Wicklow Mountains, County Wicklow, Ireland

Box Office

Budget:

$27,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,538,835, 12 June 2005, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$12,834,056, 7 August 2005

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Deep River Productions, MMDP Munich Movie Development & Production GmbH & Co. Project KG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the opening scenes when Ralph Kramden is shown driving his NYC Transit bus, the interior shots show that he is driving a Nova manufactured bus, but on the exterior shots it's an Orion manufactured bus.

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Goofs

The opening of the movie was set in 1999, however Ralph's bus features the American flag decal placed on buses following 9/11.

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Quotes

Ed Norton: When you hear that bell, run like hell!

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Crazy Credits

A blooper reel plays alongside the rolling credits.

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Connections

References The Godfather (1972)

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Soundtracks

Honey
by Steve Lindsey, Anthony Lee & Francci Richard
Performed by Erin Thompkins

User Reviews

A poor way to honor a classic TV show...

Take a handful of talented people and instead of being creative upon the original TV concept, one decided to re-make the concept into a very different and un-creative way.

Sorry, but not even close to capturing the magic that the Honeymooners had....

The cast is great in their reading lines and playing their parts, but the film itself wasn't depicting the 1950s that made the original Honeymooners such a successful offering of the times.

This film did take some of the better known lines made into a cultural awareness from the original TV series but perverted them into something that wasn't close to the heart of the flavor of the TV show.