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Down to Earth

Year:

2001

Duration:

87 min

Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy

IMDB rate:

5.4

Director:

Chris Weitz

Awards:

3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2001-02-16

Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA

Earnings

Budget: $30,000,000

Opening Weekend: $20,027,309 (USA) (18 February 2001)

Gross: $64,172,251 (USA) (3 June 2001)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jennifer Coolidge

Down to Earth

Chris Rock

Lance Barton

Regina King

Sontee Jenkins

Chazz Palminteri

King

Eugene Levy

Keyes

Frankie Faison

Whitney Daniels

Mark Addy

Cisco

Greg Germann

Sklar

Wanda Sykes

Wanda

John Cho

Phil Quon

Mario Joyner

Apollo M.C.

Bryetta Calloway

Gospel Singer

Martha Chaves

Rosa

Brian Rhodes

Charles Wellington, III

Herb Lovelle

Trashman

Kedar Brown

Heckler

Adam Dannheisser

Doorman

Malcolm Devine

Singer

Collette Wilson

Singer

Maiesha McQueen

Singer

Robin Montague

Woman in Balcony

Hollie Harper

Woman in Balcony

Scott Wickware

Bouncer

Jack Newman

Bob Krantz (the Middle-Aged Guy)

William Lynn

Elderly Man

Leah Miller

Tina Lovette (the Party Girl)

David Huband

Maitre'd - Serge

Woodrow W. Asai

Asian Man

Laz Alonso

BET Announcer

Dennis T. Carnegie

M.C. at Comedy Shock

Arnold Pinnock

Joe Guy

David M. Rodriguez

Flower Delivery Man

Linda Kuriloff

Protester

Gwen Stewart

Protester

Chris Ausnit

Protester

Mary Burton

Reporter outside Hospital

Jernard Burks

Man in Wheelchair

Clem Moorman

Patient

Hollis Granville

Sick Person

Mung-Ling Tsui

Reporter inside Hospital

Paulette Sinclair

Blanche

Ali LeRoi

Crazy Hostile Dreadlock Guy

Reginald Footman

Dreadlock's Buddy

Michael Port

Mugger

Colin Fox

Director

Paul Hecht

Director

Jack Jessop

Director

Kenny Robinson

Club M.C.

Mary Kate Law

Fur Protester

Roger Kugler

Hit Man

Roma Torre

Herself

Harlin Kearsley

Mike Green

Dan Duran

Reporter

Nicole Blythe

Woman in audience

Tisha Campbell-Martin

Woman in Audience

Jimmy DellaValle

Hot Dog Vendor

Brother Eden Douglas

Crutchey Crutch

Darryl Reuben Hall

Hospital Patient

Telma Hopkins

Woman in Audience

Mandy Lee Jones

Teenager in Heaven

Davell j Owens

Car Driver (uncredited)

Justin Peroff

(uncredited)

Kristen Ross

Girl in audience (uncredited)

Mustafa Shakir

Doorman

Did you know?

Trivia

Many of the comedy routines used in the movie were on Chris Rock's "Bigger and Blacker" album.

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Chris Rock was inspired to remake Heaven Can Wait (1978) after he heard that Muhammad Ali originally pursued to star in that film. Rock then thought that Richard Pryor would have been great in the role and changed the main character into an African-American comedian.

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Chazz Palminteri, as Mr. King, upon seeing the recently deceased body of Charles Wellington lying underwater comments "Nice bath tub". In Diabolique (1996) Palmenteri himself was "drowned" by his mistress and wife in a bathtub.

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Goofs

During Wellington's speech to the board members, the glasses of the board member directly to his right jump back and forth between his hands and the table depending on the camera angle.

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While traveling to Harlem, Wellington's limo is shown going through Times Square. Both 7th Avenue and Broadway are southbound streets, however Harlem is in the northeast corner of Manhattan.

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When Wellington catches his wife and assistant on the pool table, the gold billiard ball over his wife's shoulder moves from the corner pocket, off to the side, and then back to the corner pocket.

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Quotes

Lance Barton: We're goin' in there. If you can walk, let's walk. If you can't walk, it's time to roll. If you have crutches, then crutch your ass in there!

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Lance Barton: I got hit by a truck, I got smashed by a car, I got shot. And now you want to take my soul? What are you, the Blair Witch?

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Lance Barton: When I was a kid, we were so poor... that the roaches was on welfare.

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