Big Bully (1996)

Regisseur:

Steve Miner

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Mark Steven Johnson (written by)

Premierendatum:

26. Januar 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama

Werbezeile:

A comedy for the kid in all of us.

Plot:

A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again.

Plot Keywords:

Coming Of Age | Reunion | Farce | Haunted By Past | Child Abuse

Filmpreise:

2 wins

Nutzerkommentare:

Not bad...until the ending

Besetzung

Rick Moranis	...	David Leary
Tom Arnold	...	Rosco Bigger (Fang)
Julianne Phillips	...	Victoria Tucker
Carol Kane	...	Faith Bigger
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Art Lundstrum
Curtis Armstrong	...	Clark
Faith Prince	...	Betty Lundstrum
Tony Pierce	...	Ulf
Don Knotts	...	Principal Kokelar
Blake Bashoff	...	Ben Leary
Cody McMains	...	Kirby
Harry Waters Jr.	...	Alan
Stuart Pankin	...	Gerry
Justin Jon Ross	...	Young David
Michael Zwiener	...	Young Fang

Alternativ:

Mein liebster Feind (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG for mean-spirited pranks, some crude humor and language.

Länge:

90 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Alphacine)

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Singapore:PG | Finland:K-10 (video premiere) | Norway:11 | Spain:7 | UK:12 (video premiere) | USA:PG (certificate #34058) | Iceland:L

Drehorte:

Kitsilano Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Firma:

Lee Rich Productions

Dies und das:

The librarian says that "Green Eggs And Ham" is 8862 days late, which is roughly 24 years and is more accurate than when David tells Victoria that he owes $6886.10 at 5¢ a day; that would be 137722 days or 377 years. He actually owes $443.10 at 5¢ a day (at that time).

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Kirby puts drops in his ear during class. There are four shots of him at his desk. In one of them, the bright green pen is missing from his desk.

Dialogzitate:

Kirby: Dad are we really going to New York City?
Roscoe Bigger: That's why they call them mobile homes, son, 'cause they're mobile.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt "Leave It to Beaver" (1957)

Soundtrack:

You Were My 9-1-1

Not bad...until the ending

Much to my surprise, I was actually finding this to be an amusing film for the first hour or so. I laughed more than a few times, and there was a touch of humanity that seemed to fit rather well. Then, for no good reason, the writers tacked on a pathetic ending that left a bitter taste in my mouth. I would even say that this was a good movie for the most part, but the STUPID showdown at the end killed all credibility that had been created. How aggravating.