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Novocaine

Year:

2001

Duration:

95 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.8

Director:

David Atkins

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2001-11-23

Filming Locations: Cedarburg, Wisconsin, USA

Earnings

Budget: $6,000,000

Opening Weekend: $418,098 (USA) (18 November 2001)

Gross: $2,025,238 (USA) (6 January 2002)

Cast

Actor

Character

Polly Noonan

Novocaine

Chelcie Ross

Mike

Steve Martin

Frank Sangster

Laura Dern

Jean Noble

Lynne Thigpen

Pat

Helena Bonham Carter

Susan

JoBe Cerny

Pharmacist Wayne Ponze

Elias Koteas

Harlan Sangster

Yasen Peyankov

'Sunshine Lounge' Bartender

Scott Caan

Duane

Teri Cotruzzola

Attractive Complaining Patient

Lucina Paquet

Mrs. Langston

Preston Maybank

Gelding

Sally Kao

Chinese Wife

Quincy Wong

Chinese Husband

George Lugg

Liquor Store Owner

Tyler Rostenkowski

Billy

Tom Milanovich

'Blue Sands' Bartender

Karol Kent

Detective Lily Pons

Keith David

Detective Lunt

Eddie Bo Smith Jr.

Motel Security Guard (as Eddie Bo Smith)

Mary Ann Childers

Anchorwoman

Rich Komenich

Detective

James Chisem

Harris

Joseph F. Kosala

Officer Peter Reilly

Eric Lane

Officer Chuck Smith

Roy Hytower

Skinny Sheriff

Kwame Amoaku

Visiting Room Guard

Christian Stolte

Court Guard

Len Bajenski

Trooper Jarvis

Mindy Bell

Trooper Bunch

Roderick Peeples

Storch

Kevin Bacon

Actor Lance Phelps (uncredited)

Ed Cray

Prisoner (uncredited)

Marcello Robinson

Student (uncredited)

Dean Teaster

Sheriff (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The second time Steve Martin plays a dentist. The first time was his role in "Little Shop of Horrors" as Orin Scrivello, albeit that character was far more "disturbed" than Frank Sangster.

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Steve Martin and Scott Caan did not get along during filming due to Caan's reckless behavior toward a stunt person in a scene in which his character smashes a beer bottle over the head of a man in a bar.

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Goofs

Bruise on Frank's left cheek changes notably between scenes,

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Frank walks into a bar and orders Bourbon, the bartender offers him Four Roses, Jim (Beam) Black, V.O., and "Seagram". Three of the 4 are Bourbon. V.O., which is what the bartender pours, is not a Bourbon but a Canadian Whisky.

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When the DEA agent arrives at Frank's office, he explains he is from the Drug Enforcement Agency, despite the fact that DEA stands for Drug Enforcement Administration.

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Quotes

Frank: [Pulling his own teeth to fake his death] Strange as it may seem, it didn't hurt like I thought it would. In fact, with each tooth I pulled, I felt a little better... a little less trapped... a little more free. Until I felt so free that what I had to do didn't seem so bad at all.

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Frank: [Discovering he's been framed for his brother's murder] Suddenly, there I was... seeing it all for the first time. Oh, she'd set me up, all right. Not just for Duane's murder. She'd gotten me for Harlan's too. My teeth marks were all over the body.

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Frank: A person can lose a lot of things. He can lose his soul. He can lose his life. But I've always said the worst thing a man can lose is his teeth. It's true, I should know.

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