Release Date: 10/22/2002 Original Release: 2002 Format: DVD Length: 91 minutes Rating:PG-13 (MPAA) Rating Reason: language including sexual references and some rear nudity UPC: 043396000063 Studio: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainm
Comedies, Rags To Riches, Theatrical Release, Remake, Small Towns, Small Town Life, Money
Description
Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) is content to run his pizzeria in the cozy New Hampshire hamlet of Mandrake Falls. His only further desire is to someday see one of his corny rhymes printed in a greeting card. Deeds is awarded much more when he inherits the $40 billion empire of a media tycoon, a distant relative. He is lured to New York City by unscrupulous partners of the deceased where he is preyed upon by greedy stockholders. He also makes ample fodder for tabloid journalists, notably reporter Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) who poses as a school nurse from Iowa to win Deed's heart and expose him as an idiot to her viewership. Against her will and her own sleazy principles, Babe falls for the charming naivety of Deeds, whose fortune is in jeopardy.
Adam Sandler's man-child persona stands in for Gary Cooper in this remake of the 1936 MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN. Sandler and longtime collaborator Tim Herlihy have molded the Frank Capra romantic comedy into a perfect vehicle for its star and a love letter to New York City. Jared Harris as a tabloid TV host and John Turturro as an omnipresent Spanish butler shine in supporting roles.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Special Edition Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French Subtitles - English, French - Optional Additional Release Material: Deleted Scenes Outtakes Music Video: "Where Are You Going" - Dave Matthews Band Audio Commentary: Stephen Brill - Director, Tim Herlihy - Writer Trailers: Theatrical Trailer Featurette: 1. "Clothes Make the Man" 2. "From Mandrake Falls to Manhattan" 3. "Spare No Expense" Interactive Features: Scene Selection Interactive Animated Menus Text/Photo Galleries: Filmographies Deeds' Greeting Cards DVD-ROM Features: Weblinks Screen-to-Script
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