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The Gingerbread Man

Year:

1998

Duration:

114 min

Genres:

Thriller

IMDB rate:

5.7

Director:

Robert Altman

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1998-01-23

Filming Locations: Guyton, Georgia, USA

Earnings

Budget: $25,000,000

Opening Weekend: $118,278 (USA) (25 January 1998)

Gross: $1,534,569 (USA) (21 June 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

Tom Berenger

The Gingerbread Man

Robert Downey Jr.

The Gingerbread Man

Mike Pniewski

Kenneth Branagh

Rick Magruder

Embeth Davidtz

Mallory Doss

Daryl Hannah

Lois Harlan

Famke Janssen

Leeanne Magruder

Mae Whitman

Libby Magruder

Jesse James

Jeff Magruder

Robert Duvall

Dixon Doss

Clyde Hayes

Carl Alden

Troy Byer

Konnie Dugan (as Troy Beyer)

Julia Ryder Perce

Cassandra (as Julia R. Perce)

Danny Darst

Sheriff Hope

Sonny Seiler

Phillip Dunson

Walter Hartridge

Edmund Hess

Vernon E. Jordan Jr.

Larry Benjamin

Lori Beth Sikes

Betty the Babysitter (as Lori Beth Edgeman)

Rosemary Newcott

Dr. Bernice Sampson

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Judge Russo (as Wilbur T. Fitzgerald)

David Hirsberg

Tom Cherry

Paul Carden

Judge Cooper

Michelle Benjamin Cooper

Principal

Christine Seabrook

Secretary

Bob Minor

Mr. Pitney

Myrna White

Tax Clerk

Jim Grimshaw

Desk Cop

Stuart Greer

Detective Hal

Nita Hardy

Policewoman

Ferguson Reid

Detective Black

Benjamin T. Gay

Court Clerk

Mark Bednarz

Effingham County Sheriff

Bill Cunningham

Effingham County Sheriff

Foy Tootle

Effingham County Sheriff (as Chip Tootle)

Sonny Shroyer

Chatham County Sheriff

Jay Pearson

Chatham County Sheriff (as Jay S. Pearson)

L.H. Smith

Storm Evacuee

Wren Arthur

Barfly Robin

Angela Costrini Hariche

Barfly Wren (as Angela Costrini)

Gregory Alpert

Barfly Clark (as Gregory H. Alpert)

Lydia Marlene

Bartender Sarah

Bill Crabb

Huey

Jin Hi Soucy

Huey's Patron

Richie Dye

Huey's Patron

Chad Darnell

Huey's Patron

Natalie Hendrix

Television Anchorperson

Gregg Jarrett

Television Anchorperson

Doug Weathers

Television Anchorperson

Jeremy Cooper

Television Weathercaster

Beth Eckard

Television Weathercaster

Brad Huffines

Television Weathercaster

Patrick Prokop

Television Weathercaster

Mike Manhatton

Television Field Reporter

David Jordan

Television Field Reporter

George Lyndel Brannen

Television Field Reporter

Gregory F. Pallone

Television Field Reporter

Alice Stewart

Television Field Reporter

Vanessa Young

Television Field Reporter

Alyson Beasley

Puppeteer (as Alyson E. Beasley)

Angela Beasley

Puppeteer

Scott Troughton

Dredge Worker

Grace Tootle

Gas Station Attendant

Shane James

Ricky Butch Banks

Herb Kelsey

Doss Gang Member

William Thorp

Doss Gang Member (as William L. Thorp IV)

Did you know?

Trivia

After Altman's cut of the film scored low in test screenings, PolyGram took it from him and recut it. This prompted Altman to demand that his name be removed from the credits. Then, however, PolyGram's recut version tested even worse, so Altman's cut was restored. The film opened in New York to largely good reviews.

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The screenplay is credited to "Al Hayes". This pseudonym covers for John Grisham who objected to the foul language that Altman added to his original screenplay.

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When released in 1998, this was the only John Grisham film not adapted from one of his novels. Instead, it was from an original screenplay from Grisham himself.

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Goofs

At the party early in the movie, Rick and Lois are talking head-to-head on the sofa. Mallory walks behind them and you can hear Lois talking, but we see their heads at opposite ends of the sofa and they aren't talking. The camera immediately cuts back to them sitting close and talking like before.

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In the beginning of the movie, as Rick returns to Savannah, Georgia from a trial in Jacksonville, Florida, he crosses the Talmadge Memorial Bridge. The bridge spans the Savannah River and is located north of the city. Jacksonville, of course, is located south of Savannah, and Rick would have to go way out of his way to cross the bridge as he enters Savannah.

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Quotes

Clyde Pell: No offense ma'am, but it's always appeared to me your Dad's a few beers shy of a six-pack.

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Lois Harlan: The only exercise you are gettin' is jumpin' to conclusions.

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Libby: [addressing her father] Would you please stop talking to me as if I were Jeff's age?

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