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Black Sheep
1996
Chris Farley stars as Mike Donnelly, the doltish younger brother of a gubernatorial candidate (Tim Matheson). Mike can't seem to stay out of trouble, thus potentially endangering his brother's chance at winning the election, so campaign aide Steve Dodds (David Spade) is assigned to chaperone him until the election is over. Not .. Read more
| Starring | Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole |
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| Director | Penelope Spheeris |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Black Sheep
Chris Farley stars as Mike Donnelly, the doltish younger brother of a gubernatorial candidate (Tim Matheson). Mike can't seem to stay out of trouble, thus potentially endangering his brother's chance at winning the election, so campaign aide Steve Dodds (David Spade) is assigned to chaperone him until the election is over. Not realizing that he is biting off more than he can chew, Steve takes Mike to the wilderness of Washington state, where the two men are ill-equipped to deal with the difficulties that nature throws their way. Penelope Spheeris (WAYNE'S WORLD) directs this slapstick comedy, which reunites the successful team from 1995's TOMMY BOY.
| Starring | Chris Farley, David Spade, Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole, Gary Busey, Timothy Carhart, Bruce McGill, Michael Patrick Carter, Grant Heslov |
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| Director | Penelope Spheeris |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 23 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 14 Oct 2002 Production year: 1996 |
| Format | DVD |
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Returning to Hollywood after a brief sojourn in Britain, veteran director Allan Dwan resumed his career with this shipboard melodrama, which was based on a short story he'd written for Claire Trevor. However, the focus of attention is Edmund Lowe as the transatlantic gambler who prevents Tom Brown from the taking the rap for a jewel robbery — without letting the boy know he's really his father. One of the first films produced for the newly amalgamated 20th Century-Fox, this is never riveting. But Lowe and Trevor are admirable, while Adrienne Ames is thoroughly hissable as a scheming vamp.
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In freefall since Wayne's World, Penelope Spheeris' career has descended halfway down the deep-sea Marianas Trench,... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
TOP MOVIE !!!
Poor Mike Donnelly (Chris Farley) just can't seem to do anything right.
His brother Al (Tim Matheson)is running for Washington State governor
against the tough as nails incumbent governor Tracy (Christine Ebersole)
Unfortunately for Al, Mike is an accident prone guy who often ends up
screwing up even the most simple of tasks.Al decides to keep Mike on a
short leash by having his campaign aide Steve Dodds (David Spade) to
watch over his brother and keep him out of trouble while the election
progresses. Mike and Steve get into all sorts of wacky mishaps including
meeting a spaced out military commando (Gary Busey) and getting high on
nitrous oxide in a squad car!! But when our heroes learn of governor
Tracy's crooked plans to fix the election in her favor,they head out to
save Al's race for office!! -
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dont bother
dont bother watching this ever
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