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Bowfinger

Year:

1999

Duration:

97 min | Turkey:85 min (TV version)

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Frank Oz

Awards:

6 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1999-08-13

Filming Locations: Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $55,000,000

Opening Weekend: $18,062,550 (USA) (15 August 1999)

Gross: $66,365,290 (USA) (28 November 1999)

Cast

Actor

Character

Robert Downey Jr.

Bowfinger

Steve Martin

Robert K. Bowfinger

Eddie Murphy

Kit Ramsey

Heather Graham

Daisy

Christine Baranski

Carol

Jamie Kennedy

Dave

Adam Alexi-Malle

Afrim

Kohl Sudduth

Slater

Barry Newman

Hal, Kit's Agent

Terence Stamp

Terry Stricter

Alejandro Patiño

Sanchez (as Alejandro Patino)

Alfred De Contreras

Martinez

Ramiro Fabian

Hector

Johnny Sanchez

Luis

Claude Brooks

Freddy

Kevin Scannell

LA Cop

John Prosky

MindHead Executive

Michael Dempsey

Camera Security Guard

Walter Powell

Federal Express Man

Phill Lewis

Actor at Audition

Marisol Nichols

Young Actress at Audition

Nathan Anderson

Clothing Sales Clerk

Brogan Roche

Renfro's Executive

John Cho

Nightclub Cleaner

Lloyd Berman

Camera Store Clerk

Zaid Farid

Kenny, Kit's Limo Driver

Aaron Brumfield

Kit's Bodyguard

Kevin Grevioux

Kit's Bodyguard

Kimble Jemison

Kit's Assistant

Alex Craig Mann

Studio Executive

Laura Grady

E! Channel Interviewer

Reamy Hall

Farrah, Hollywood Lesbian

Michelle Boehle

Laker Girl

Kimberly Baum

Laker Girl

Megan Denton

Laker Girl

Janet Jaeger

Laker Girl

Hope Wood

Laker Girl

Addie Yungmee

Laker Girl

Andrea Toste

Laker Girl

Mindy

Betsy - Bowfinger's Dog

Martin Andris

Premiere Guest (uncredited)

Adam Carrera

News Reporter (uncredited)

Carl Kocis

Reporter at Premier (uncredited)

Tiger Mendez

'Mongo' Premiere Guest (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In the film, Kit Ramsey's house is the same residence depicted as "Stately Wayne Manor" in the 1966 Batman (1966) television series.

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It was Eddie Murphy's idea for Jiff Ramsey to wear braces and have his ears stick out and he insisted on not wearing prosthetics makeup when it came to filming his scenes as Jiff.

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Director Frank Oz encouraged improvisation during select scenes, and occasionally the result wound up in the film. Some instances of this are Robert Downey Jr. saying "and all this" while flipping through the script of Chubby Rain, Eddie Murphy asking his manager to find him a retarded slave role so he can win an Academy Award, and Steve Martin saying, "It could've worked" after Chubby Rain was shut down.

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Goofs

When Afrim and the LA Cop pull Kit over at the end of the movie, the LA Cop gets out of the car first. When we cut back to the car to see Afrim getting out, the LA Cop sitting in the car talking on the radio.

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When Bowfinger is in the bedroom with Daisy, counting his money, the picture behind the bed changes angle between shots (the first part of the scene was re-shot months after principal photography had finished, to include a shot of the table set for two).

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When reviewing a script with his agent at the beginning of the movie, Kit says that the letter K appears 1,456 times in the script, which is perfectly divisible by 3, meaning that KKK appears 486 times. 1,456 is not exactly divisible by 3. 1,458, however, is, and gives the stated division result of 486.

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Quotes

Robert K. Bowfinger: ...but what are some of your favorite TV shows?

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Robert K. Bowfinger: Think of this as an errand. Your errand is to run across the freeway until I yell, "Cut!"

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Jiff Ramsey: Oh, gosh, I'm really hoping to get a career running errands. That'd be a major boost for me.

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