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| Year: | 1994 |
| Rating: | 7.2(8454) |
| Listed in: | Drama |
| Directed by: | Robert Benton |
| Actors: | Paul Newman Bruce Willis Dylan Walsh Pruitt Taylor Vince Jessica Tandy Melanie Griffith |
| "In a town where nothing ever happens... everything is about to happen to Sully." | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Robert Benton | |
| Actors | |
| Paul Newman | as Sully Sullivan |
| Bruce Willis | as Carl Roebuck |
| Dylan Walsh | as Peter Sullivan |
| Pruitt Taylor Vince | as Rub Squeers |
| Gene Saks | as Wirf Wirfley |
| Josef Sommer | as Clive Peoples Jr. |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | as Officer Raymer |
| Philip Bosco | as Judge Flatt |
| Alexander Goodwin | as Will Sullivan |
| Carl J. Matusovich | as Wacker Sullivan |
| Jay Patterson | as Jocko |
| Jerry Mayer | as Ollie Quinn |
| Richard Mawe | as Ralph |
| Joe Paparone | as Rufus |
| John Leighton | as Funeral Director |
| Kenneth Frawley | as Horace Yaney |
| Marcus Powell | as Whit |
| Frank W. Inness | as Garbage Man |
| Page Johnson | as C. W. Lomax |
| William Raymond Calhoun | as Vernon |
| Bob Heitman | as Lawyer from Albany |
| Gerry Robert Byrne | as Charlie |
| Anibal O. Lleras | as Juror |
| Actresses | |
| Jessica Tandy | as Beryl Peoples |
| Melanie Griffith | as Toby Roebuck |
| Catherine Dent | as Charlotte Sullivan |
| Angela Pietropinto | as Cass |
| Alice Drummond | as Hattie |
| Margo Martindale | as Birdy |
| Angelica Torn | as Ruby |
| Shannah Laumeister | as Didi |
| Drenda Spohnholtz | as Girl at the Country Club |
| Elizabeth Wilson | as Vera |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Filming dates: | 19 November 1993 - 8 March 1994 |
| Plot: | Sully is a rascally ne'er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker's compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl's young wife Toby. Sully's long- forgotten son and family have moved back to town, so Sully faces unfamiliar family responsibilities. Meanwhile, Sully's landlady's banker son plots to push through a new development and evict Sully from his mother's life. |
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"Call Me Irresponsible" Written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen Performed by Patti Page Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" Written by Mel Tillis "The Nearness of You" Written by Ned Washington and Hoagy Carmichael "People's Court" Written by Alan Tew Courtesy of Associated Production Music "Whiskey, Wine and Roses" Written by Bill Reveles Performed by A.J. Elliott Courtesy of Roughrider Entertainment, Inc. By Arrangement with Justice Music Corporation "Silver Bells" Written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston Performed by Mitch Miller and The Gang Courtesy of Columbia Records By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing "Near You" Written by Francis Craig and Kermit Goell Performed by George Jones and Tammy Wynette Courtesy of Epic Records By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing |
Goofs
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Continuity: The snowblower is in the back of the truck under the tarp, handlebars visible as Sully drives back to Miss Beryl's on the night that Carl had already stolen his snowblower back. Continuity: After Sully and Peter break into Tip Top Construction and drive off with the snowblower, they stop by the house on Bowdin Street and talk about the place through the rain streaked windshield, yet the snowblower is nowhere to be seen in the back of the truck. Continuity: After Officer Raymer is punched in the face by Sully, he collapses to the ground against his car with his head in front of the Police seal on the door. When the camera pulls back, Raymer's head and body are positioned a good two feet to the left of the Police seal. Revealing mistakes: When Wirf bends down to kiss Will on the head in gratitude for the return of his wooden leg, Wirf's supposedly missing foot pops into clear view. Continuity: As Sully leaves Toby's house he puts on his gloves twice. Fact errors: The car that Peter is driving has a West Virigina plate on the front; West Virginia cars only have plates on the rear. Continuity: When Carl's secretary is shooed out of his office, she holds her bra crumpled in her hands; when she tells Sully that Carl won't see him, it's gone. Continuity: Sully dopes the dog guarding the snowblower with painkillers in hamburger; in the wide shot of the yard where the snowblower is chained up, the dog and the hamburger packaging are gone. Continuity: When Sully lets Will drive the truck, they drive down the same stretch of road twice. Continuity: When Sully's lawyer is looking through his accordion file in the courtroom for the letters from "reputable doctors", his hands jump around between shots. Continuity: When Sully comes home and finds the snowblower gone, Carl's note saying "Nice try, Sully" magically appears attached to the fence. Continuity: During the strip poker scene, the hands of Carl's new secretary abruptly change position. Continuity: The ice cream sundae Will is eating in the diner goes from being almost full to completely gone from shot to shot. |
Quotes
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Carl Roebuck: Sixty years old and still getting crushes on other men's wives. I would hope by the time I'm your age, I'm a little smarter than that. Sully: Can't hurt to hope. You sure are off to a slow start. Miss Beryl: Doesn't it bother you that you haven't done more with the life God gave you? Sully: Not often. Now and then. Judge Flatt: Ollie, you know my feelings about arming morons: you arm one, you've got to arm them all, otherwise it wouldn't be good sport. Toby: Oh, you're a man among men, Sully. Sully: Well, thanks. Toby: That wasn't a compliment! Sully: A condemned man has a right to a last request doesn't he? I got my truck out back whaddya say we get in the back get naked and see where it goes from there? Birdy: Ok Sully: Haven't you got any pride? Birdy: Go to jail, Sully, it's where you belong. Miss Beryl: Do you still bet on that horse race of yours? Sully: What, the trifecta? Miss Beryl: Yes. Has it ever come in? Sully: Not yet. Miss Beryl: But you still bet on it. Sully: Well, sure. I mean, the odds have gotta kick in sooner or later. Miss Beryl: Fine. That's exactly the way I feel about you. Sully: I should have known better than to hire a one-legged lawyer. Wirf: You can't afford a two-legged lawyer. Peter: So if you're not a father to me, how come you're a grandfather to Will? Sully: 'cause you gotta start someplace. Peter: Mom's greatest fear is that your life was fun. Sully: Tell her not to worry. Miss Beryl: Mr. Sullivan, you're wearing a necktie. Are you in trouble with the law again? Charlotte: How can you live in a town this size and not see your ex-wife all the time? Sully: That's easy, dolly. Peter's mom and I don't exactly travel in the same circles. As a matter of fact, Vera pretty much travels in a straight line. Peter: SOMEBODY in this family had to. Sully: What's the matter with you? Wirf: I'm trying to communicate with you telepathically. Carl Roebuck: Forget about it. The only way to communicate with Sully's to whack him in the head with a shovel. [as Sully buys raw hamburger] Peter: You want some buns? Sully: Dogs don't eat buns. Peter: You're buying ground beef for your dog? Sully: I don't own a dog. Peter: Oh, God. I don't believe this. I'm a member of Greenpeace and I just helped poison a dog. Sully: Well for one thing, it ain't poison. For another, you didn't help much. Sully: I can't believe it's gonna take you that long to get me out of jail. Wirf: Don't blame me, I'm a Jew. They're not my holidays. Sully: A Jew? Really? I didn't know that. How come you ain't smart? Wirf: How can I start getting you out of jail when you won't go in? Toby: Did you come to steal our new snowblower? Sully: I've already done it, just about. Toby: I could legally shoot you, you know. Sully: Not unless I'm breaking and entering Toby: ARE you gonna break and enter? Sully: What's happening with Dummy? Toby: I don't know. He took my threat to shoot him a lot more seriously than you just did. Sully: Poor guy just had a bypass. Maybe he's trying to cram everything he can do into six months. When he realizes he's going to live until he's seventy, he'll slow down. Toby: If I had my way, he wouldn't live to Thanksgiving. Toby: Go ahead, steal our snowblower. You're the slowest goddamn thief that I ever saw. Peter: It's not gonna be easy being you, is it? Sully: Don't expect much from yourself in the beginning. I couldn't do everything at first, either. [Wirf and Sully bet on the People's Court] Sully: Okay, Shyster, who do you like? Wirf: The plaintiff. It's a lock. Sully: I'll take the defendant. Birdy: You weren't even here for the stories. Sully: Yeah, but I know my lawyer. Wirf: Sooner or later we'll wear the bastards down. The court is already starting to get pissed. You heard the judge. Sully: He's pissed at you, Wirf! Wirf: Only because he knows I won't go away. Sully: I know how he feels. Sully: Boy, a guy goes to jail for a couple of days and the whole town goes to hell! Sully: You ain't naked or anything, are ya? Toby: No, but I can be in about 2 seconds. Sully: Well, take your time. I need a cup of coffee. [on phone] Ace Towing? Sullivan. I'm just around the corner. 313 Harvin. Pick me up. Charge it. Tip Top Construction Company. Thanks. [hangs up phone] Horace?... . Horace Yaney: Hi, Sully. I ain't naked either. Sully: Thank God for that! Sully: Go home, you jerk. You're married to the best-looking woman in Bath. Carl Roebuck: Who was it that said, "A man's reach should exceed his grasp?" Sully: [about Toby] Don't tell me she's pregnant. Carl Roebuck: Knocked up like a cheerleader. Eh, I suppose now you're going to want to be godfather. Sully: Hey... . I can't be the father and the godfather. You got to goddamn do something. Wirf: You'd keep my leg, wouldn't you? Sully: You don't need a leg, you need a parrot. Sully: You stupid prick! [slugs Officer Raymer in the face] Clive Peoples Jr.: We've been through this before. A landlord has - Sully: You are not my landlord! Clive Peoples Jr.: My mother is - Sully: The only reason I don't kick your ass. If you don't get out of here right now, I may change my mind. Rub Squeers: Can I borrow a dollar? Sully: Nope. You can borrow a jelly doughnut, though. Rub Squeers: You can't borrow a jelly doughnut. Once you eat it, it's gone. Sully: Once you borrow a dollar, it's gone. I'd rather buy you a jelly doughnut. Sully: Hang in there. Toby: 'Hang in there'? Is that the sum of your wisdom on the subject? Sully: That's the sum of my wisdom on most subjects. [first lines] Miss Beryl: Mr. Sullivan. [banging on ceiling] Mr. Sullivan. God just took out Mrs. Gruber's bird bath! Miss Beryl: [to her husband's picture] He's getting closer Clive. Last year it was the street light at the end of the block, now it's Mrs. Gruber's bird bath. I think God's zeroing in on me. I have the feeling this is the year he lowers the boom. Sully: [quoting] Beware the chains we forge in life. Miss Beryl: I don't suppose you remember who said that? Sully: *You* did Miss Beryl, all through 8th grade. Carl Roebuck: You think I got where I got by doing shoddy work? Sully: No, you didn't get where you are by doing shoddy work. You didn't get where you are by doing *any* work. Wacker Sullivan: Who are you? Peter: He's your grandfather. Wacker Sullivan: Does he always look like that? Sully: Yeah, most of the time. Sully: Which one of your fancy doctors advised you to drink, smoke, and screw your brains out Carl Roebuck: Those are unreasonable requests Sully. They wouldn't of made 'em if they didn't know me. Sully: If they'd known ya, they wouldn't have fixed ya. Officer Raymer: It's $15 dollars. You can mail it in, or you can come by the station. If it's not paid within 30 days, you'll be held in contempt. Sully: Boy, I hope you get laid sometime soon. Peter: Tell me again this is your own snow blower we're stealing. Sully: I knew your mother was gonna raise you like this. Sully: I suppose you're gonna be saying the same thing about me when I'm gone. Peter: You *were* gone dad. I already said it... Judge Flatt: Now is it true that you discharged your weapon, Officer? Officer Raymer: Your Honor, it was a warning shoot. Judge Flatt: Um hmm, you know who you warned? A little old lady sitting on her commode 2 blocks away. |
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