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Year:
Duration:
108 min
Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Drama
IMDB rate:
6.6
Director:
Ted Demme
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 5 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1999-04-16
Filming Locations: Halfway House Café - 15564 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $75,000,000
Opening Weekend: $20,414,775 (USA) (18 April 1999)
Gross: $63,844,974 (USA) (8 August 1999)
Cast
Actor
Character
Eddie Murphy
Rayford Gibson
Martin Lawrence
Claude Banks
Obba Babatundé
Willie Long
Nick Cassavetes
Sergeant Dillard
Anthony Anderson
Cookie
Barry Shabaka Henley
Pokerface
Brent Jennings
Hoppin' Bob
Bernie Mac
Jangle Leg
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Biscuit
Michael Taliferro
Goldmouth
Guy Torry
Radio
Bokeem Woodbine
Can't Get Right
Ned Beatty
Dexter Wilkins
Lisa Nicole Carson
Sylvia
O'Neal Compton
Superintendant Abernathy
Noah Emmerich
Stan Blocker
Rick James
Spanky Johnson
Clarence Williams III
Winston Hancock
Heavy D
Jake
Bonz Malone
Leon
Ned Vaughn
Young Sheriff Pike
R. Lee Ermey
Older Sheriff Pike
Allyson Call
Young Mae Rose Abernathy
Poppy Montgomery
Older Mae Rose Abernathy
James D. Brubaker
Judge E.M. Byrne
Walter K. Jordan
Slim (as Walter Jordan)
Brooks Almy
Billy's Mama
Hal Havins
Billy
Hildy Brooks
Nurse Doherty
Kenn Whitaker
Isaac
Ernie Lee Banks
Bathroom Attendant
David Alexander
Doctor
Johnny Brown
Blind Reverend Clay
Armelia McQueen
Mrs. Clay
Nate Evans
Juke Bartender
Todd Everett
Deputy at Mansion
Don Harvey
Billy Bob
Venus DeMilo
Juke Joint Waitress (as Venus De Milo Thomas)
Zaid Farid
Shady Cardplayer
Keith Burke
Shady Cardplayer
Kenneth White
Deputy
Leonard O. Turner
Superintendant Burke
Augie Blunt
Man in Prison
Quantae Love
Trustee at Line
Sean Lampkin
Trustee at Line
James Emory Jr.
Goldmouth's Son
Bill Gratton
Fire Inspector
Reamy Hall
Mrs. Dillard
George Hartmann
Prison Guard
Zack Helvey
Captain Tom Burnette
Haskell V. Anderson III
Junkie (as Haskell Vaughn Anderson III)
Kimble Jemison
Gang Banger
Jordan Mahome
Gang Banger
William S. Taylor
Bagman (as William Taylor)
Jay Arlen Jones
Bagman
Oscar Jordan
Juke Joint Guitarist
Jordan Lund
Funeral Chaplain
Ronald Moss
Bouncer (as Ronald Lee Moss)
Betty Murphy
Mrs. Abernathy
Walter Powell
Waiter (as Walter Powell Jr.)
Christophe Prévost
Pilot (as Chris Prevost)
Dawn Robinson
Club Crooner
Leon Sanders
Barkeeper
Steve Boyles
Mule Cart Driver
Muhammad Ali
Himself (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix
Himself (archive footage)
Martin Luther King
Himself (archive footage)
Elvis Presley
Himself (archive footage)
Shayne Benton
Farm Boy (uncredited)
Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston
Henchman #2 (uncredited)
Bridget Morrow
Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
Leon Turner
Arm That Went Up (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Spanky's (Rick James) limp was not acting. The scene was shot after Rick James underwent hip replacement surgery.
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Ray and Claude arrive at the Mississippi prison in 1932. They spend give 65 years in jail, meaning the last year the movie takes place in is 1997. And Ray says in that year that he's 90 years old, meaning he was born in 1907 (Claude was also probably born in that year or somewhere close to it). So they were 25 when they came to jail, 37 when they are shown in the 1944, and 65 when they are shown in 1972.
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The word "fuck" is used 63 times
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Goofs
When Claude and Rayford are driving to pick up some bootleg liquor, the camera switches over from one side of the car to the other, each time Rayford's shirt is constantly changing from, buttons tied to the top to having the top two buttons undone.
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About halfway through the film, the prisoners are watching a newsreel about World War II. After that, Can't Get Right arrives, and is scouted by the Pittsburgh Crawfords. The team existed from 1930-1938, three years before the US entered World War II.
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In the scene where Jangle Leg introduces himself to Claude, they are seated beside each other with Ray sitting beside Jangle Leg. Then the camera switches to a shot of Ray. If you look below Ray you can see Jangle Leg seated below him.
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Quotes
Rayford Gibson: [singing] The Upper Room!
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Hoppin' Bob: You don't want me to come down there. I ain't nice like the boss; I'll slap the black off your ass! Get to work!
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Claude Banks: [standing on a crate of bottles] Damn, one of my toes in the bottle, damn it, Ray.
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Faq
Q
What is the name of the song on the watch that Eddie Murphy's character's father gave him?
A
It's "Stanchem" by Franz Schubert.
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Photos from cast
Sanaa Lathan
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