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The Ref

Year:

1994

Duration:

93 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Ted Demme

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1994-03-09

Filming Locations: Carlisle, Ontario, Canada

Earnings

Budget: $11,000,000

Opening Weekend: $3,044,097 (USA) (13 March 1994)

Gross: $3,060,726 (USA) (13 March 1994)

Cast

Actor

Character

J.K. Simmons

The Ref

Denis Leary

Gus

Judy Davis

Caroline Chasseur

Kevin Spacey

Lloyd Chasseur

Robert J. Steinmiller Jr.

Jesse Chasseur

Glynis Johns

Rose Chasseur

Raymond J. Barry

Lt. Huff

Richard Bright

Murray

Christine Baranski

Connie Chasseur

Adam LeFevre

Gary Chasseur

Phillip Nicoll

John Chasseur

Ellie Raab

Mary Chasseur

Bill Raymond

George

John Scurti

Lt. Steve Milford

Jim Turner

Phil

Herbie Ade

Bartender

Ron Gabriel

Limo Driver

Scott Walker

Will Warren, Prosecutor

Edward Saxon

TV Reporter Mike Michaels

Donna Holgate

Karen the Newscaster

Kenneth Utt

Jeremiah Willard

Marilyn Stonehouse

Store Cashier

Victoria Mitchell

Store Customer

Cort Day

Salvation Army Volunteer

Robert Ridgely

Bob Burley

Charles Kerr

Town Citizen

Derek Keurvorst

Town Citizen

Caroline Yeager

Town Citizen

Max Piersig

Cadet

Victor Erdos

Cadet

John Benjamin Hickey

Old Baybrook Policeman

Chris Phillips

Old Baybrook Policeman

Stephen Hunter

Old Baybrook Policeman

Arthur J. Nascarella

State Trooper

Vincent Pastore

State Trooper

Tony Craig

State trooper

Robert Collins

State Trooper

Peter Krantz

State Trooper

Robert Kroonenberg

State Trooper

Philip Akin

State Trooper

Mairlyn Smith

Santa Family #1

Richard Blackburn

Santa Family #1

Mark Cregan

Santa Family #1

John E. Campbell

Santa Family #1

Cecilley Carroll

Santa Family #1

Denise Pidgeon

Santa Family #2

Chas Lawther

Santa Family #2

Lance Paton

Santa Family #2

Timm Zemanek

Santa Family #3

Jane Moffet

Santa Family #3

Jacelyn Holmes

Santa Family #3

Rutanya Alda

Linda

Grace Church On the Hill Boys Choir

Choir

Matt Birman

Driving Cop (uncredited)

Jimmy Burke

Cop (uncredited)

Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio

Extra (uncredited)

BD Wong

Dr. Wong, Marriage Counselor (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The original ending had Denis Leary being caught by the cops to show the son that a life of crime leads nowhere. However, after screening the movie to a test audience and receiving negative comments about the ending, director Ted Demme changed it. He now admits he regrets changing it.

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Denis Leary only fires his gun once in the entire film. It was fired at the smoke detector to stop it from beeping.

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Caroline must have inspired Governor and future President Bill Clinton. She claims oral sex shouldn't count as an affair and that she didn't inhale.

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Goofs

This film takes place in Connecticut. Several characters mention a county prosecutor throughout the film. Connecticut dissolved all county-level governments in 1960 and thus, there would be no such thing as a county prosecutor. In Connecticut, counties are solely geographic entities.

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When Gus is in the car with Lloyd and Caroline and Lloyd runs a stop sign, Caroline is clearly not wearing a seat belt as she looks behind the car. Once the three are facing forward again, the seat belt is magically across her chest.

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At one point while in the car after taking Lloyd and Caroline hostage, tail lights disappear behind Gus in the rear view window.

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Quotes

Lloyd: Mother.

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Lloyd: She's my mother.

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Rose: You're a "Wong"?

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