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In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.
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- TriviaThe McDonald's that Kevin is seen visiting in Sewickley was an empty storefront. The small town of Sewickley, in which most of this movie was filmed, does not have a McDonald's, so they built a complete functional one that was open for business during the shoot and then closed and dismantled.
- GoofsWhen Kevin and Gary are cooking burgers at the end of the movie, they flip half cooked patties, put cheese on them, and as the camera is panning away, they are flipping them again. Nobody flips patties once the cheese is on them.
- Quotes
[Kevin's shipment of baseball cards come in]
Kevin Franklin: The entire 1994 baseball season, know what I'm saying? I got Ken Griffey Jr. here, Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco. People spend big money for baseball cards, but if they get hurt, it's even worth more money! Say one of them's going to the car after the game, gets hit - pow! I don't wanna see it happen, but if it does, I'm getting paid!
- Crazy creditsSinbad and Phil Hartman sing several food-themed parodies over the closing credits with music and a chorus in the background. Phil Hartman uses the name "Sinbad" during them instead of either of his character's names from the movie.
- ConnectionsFeatures Star Trek: Mirror, Mirror (1967)
- SoundtracksGreen Onions
Written by Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones, Lewie Steinberg (as Lewis Steinberg),
Steve Cropper
Performed by Booker T. & the M.G.s (as Booker T. & The MG's)
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products
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This Guest is welcome anytime so, do seek out this fun-filled movie which can buoy spirits in a big way!
Kevin (Sinbad) is a poor single man living in Pittsburgh, with his hamster, in a small apartment. An orphan, Kevin once bragged to his grade school classmates that, one day, he would be "very wealthy". Trouble is, none of his get-rich-quick schemes have panned out and Kevin is in debt to the local mobsters. When they come to collect, Keving speeds off to the airport to catch a flight. However, with the mob on his heels, Kevin overhears an even better opportunity for him to lay low for awhile, at the airport terminal. It seems that Gary (Phil Hartman)and his children are waiting for an old camp friend that Gary has not seen for 20 years. Kevin seizes the moment and declares himself to be Dr. Derek Bond, a dentist, to Gary and the kids. Gary is delighted to see him and takes him home. Once there, in heavenly suburbia, Kevin finds out he is supposed to make a speech at the local elementary school, on career day. Okay. Kevin also learns he is reputed to be a strict vegetarian. Horrors. But, as the family showers him with gifts and parties, Kevin wonders, as do we all, how soon will they learn the truth about his identity? This is a great film, very funny and very spirit-lifting. Sinbad's Kevin is a such a lovable character, despite his scheming, that everyone is hoping for a happy ending. Hartman, likewise, is dead-pan funny in his role as a much put-upon lawyer with a family that looks perfect but which, in reality, has some problems to overcome. The setting is lovely, the costumes are nice, and the look of the film is quite wonderful, too. Do you want to cheer up yourself and your family in a big fashion? This is the film for you, as to watch it is to love it and laugh it up till the clouds overhead are long gone.
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- Budget
- $10,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $26,325,256
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,831,302
- Jan 8, 1995
- Gross worldwide
- $26,325,256
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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