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A naive pizza parlour owner inherits $40billion and moves to New York, where he encounters unscrupulous opportunists keen to get their hands on the money - and a ruthless reporter determined to tell his story. Remake of 1936 romantic comedy Mr Deeds Goes to Town, with Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Allen Covert, Peter Gallagher and Jared Harris
2002
HD
subtitles
16x9
violent-scenes
strong-language
Comedy
Movie/Drama
Romance
Cast & Crew
Adam Sandler
(Actor)
.. Longfellow Deeds
Winona Ryder
(Actor)
.. Babe Bennett/Pam Dawson
John Turturro
(Actor)
.. Emilio Lopez
Allen Covert
(Actor)
.. Marty
Peter Gallagher
(Actor)
.. Chuck Cedar
Jared Harris
(Actor)
.. Mac McGrath
Conchata Ferrell
(Actor)
.. Jan
Steve Buscemi
(Actor)
.. Crazy Eyes
Steven Brill
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Adam Sandler
(Actor)
.. Longfellow Deeds
Born:
September 09, 1966
in
New York
Best Known For:
Playing Robbie Hart in The Wedding Singer.
Early-life:
Adam Richard Sandler was born in Brooklyn, New York, on September 9, 1966, but was raised in New Hampshire. He has two sisters and a brother. At 17, he spontaneously got up on stage at a Boston comedy club and, discovering he felt at home there, promptly took to performing professionally. He then honed his technique by appearing regularly in clubs, while studying for a Fine Arts degree at New York University.
Career:
Sandler made his acting debut in The Cosby Show in 1987, but didn't become a star until he was signed by Saturday Night Live (SNL) in 1990. He became one of its most popular performers during a five-year stint on the programme. During that period, he also made the movies Coneheads (1993), Mixed Nuts (1994) and Airheads (1994). His big-screen career really took off when he left SNL. Since then, he's starred in such hits as The Wedding Singer (1998), The Waterboy (1998), Big Daddy (1999), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), 50 First Dates (2004), Funny People (2009), Grown Ups (2010) and its 2013 sequel, Jack and Jill (2011), Blended (2014) and The Cobbler (2014). He is also the founder of the Happy Madison production company.
Quote:
"I'm just a buffoon. That's all. I look in the mirror, I see a buffoon. That's all I want to see."
Trivia:
He supports the New York Mets baseball team.
Winona Ryder
(Actor)
.. Babe Bennett/Pam Dawson
Born:
October 29, 1971
in
Olmsted County, Minnesota
Best Known For:
Her box-office hits.
Early-life:
Born Winona Laura Horowitz on October 29, 1971, in Olmsted County, Minnesota. She was named after the nearby city of Winona. She grew up in a commune in northern California. Her parents were friends of Beat poet Allen Ginsberg, and her godfather was counter-culture icon Timothy Leary. When she was 10, the family moved to Petaluma near San Francisco, where she began acting lessons at the American Conservatory Theatre.
Career:
In 1986, Winona made her film debut in Lucas; at the same time she changed her name to Ryder after listening to her father's Mitch Ryder album. Playing a troubled teen in 1988's Beetlejuice made her a star, and typecast her in the process. She also appeared as angst-ridden adolescents in Mermaids, Edward Scissorhands and Heathers. She came of age with Dracula in 1992, and received Oscar nominations for her roles in The Age of Innocence and Little Women. Other movies include Reality Bites, The Crucible, Girl Interrupted, Alien: Resurrection, Star Trek, Black Swan and Frankenweenie.
Quote:
"For a long time, I was almost ashamed of being an actress. I felt like it was a shallow occupation."
Trivia:
She hit the headlines for the wrong reasons in 2001 when she was arrested for shoplifting from the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Beverly Hills. She was on probation until December 2005.
John Turturro
(Actor)
.. Emilio Lopez
Allen Covert
(Actor)
.. Marty
Peter Gallagher
(Actor)
.. Chuck Cedar
Jared Harris
(Actor)
.. Mac McGrath
Born:
August 24, 1961
in
London
Best Known For:
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Early-life:
Jared Francis Harris was born in London on August 24, 1961. He is the son of actors Richard Harris and Elizabeth Rees-Williams and the brother of actor Jamie Harris and director Damian Harris. After graduating from Duke University in North Carolina, Jared returned to the UK and attended the Central School of Speech and Drama. He found work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and made his film debut in The Rachel Papers (1989).
Career:
Harris portrayed Andy Warhol in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), John Lennon in the 2000 TV movie Two of Us and Henry VIII in the 2003 TV movie The Other Boleyn Girl. He has also starred in Lost in Space (1998), Ocean's Twelve (2004), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and Lincoln (2012). Recurring roles on the small screen have come in Fringe and Mad Men, for which he was nominated for an Emmy.
Quote:
"I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role."
Trivia:
He won an Obie Award in 1992 for his role in off-Broadway play Ecstasy.
Conchata Ferrell
(Actor)
.. Jan
Steve Buscemi
(Actor)
.. Crazy Eyes
Born:
December 13, 1957
in
Brooklyn, New York
Best Known For:
Reservoir Dogs and Boardwalk Empire.
Early-life:
Steven Vincent Buscemi was born on December 13, 1957, in Brooklyn, New York. He has three brothers; one of them, Michael, is also an actor. Their father John worked for New York's sanitation department. After graduating from high school, Buscemi studied liberal arts at Nassau Community College before dropping out. To make ends meet, he worked as a waiter, stand-up comedian, ice-cream seller, petrol station attendant and fireman while studying acting at Manhattan's Lee Strasberg Institute.
Career:
Buscemi's early roles included several in experimental theatre, co-written by himself and fellow actor/writer Mark Boone Jr. He also appeared in Miami Vice, The Equalizer, and films The Way It Is, Tommy's and Parting Glances. He received excellent reviews for the latter, which led to parts in Lonesome Dove and New York Stories. He's since become a stalwart of indie movies thanks to his scene-stealing appearances in Reservoir Dogs, Miller's Crossing, Fargo and The Big Lebowski. Bigger-budget films include Armageddon, Con Air and The Wedding Singer. Buscemi has also written, directed, and produced several projects, and appeared in TV show The Sopranos. More recently he's played Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in acclaimed drama Boardwalk Empire, for which he won a Golden Globe in 2011.
Quote:
"When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting. Before going into a fire, there's the same surge of adrenaline you get just before the camera rolls."
Trivia:
After 9/11, he returned to his old firefighting crew to help sift through the rubble of the World Trade Center.
Steven Brill
(Director)
