Death to Smoochy (2002)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.2/10   

Director:

Danny DeVito

Guionista (WGA):

Adam Resnick (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 marzo 2002 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Crimen | Musical | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

Get ready for an unexpected hit.

Plot:

When he is fired for taking payola, the host for a children's television show plots revenge against his replacement, a rhino named Smoochy.

Plot Keywords:

Television | Revenge | Rhinoceros | Kids Show Host | Ratings

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

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Reparto

Robin Williams	...	Rainbow Randolph
Edward Norton	...	Sheldon Mopes / Smoochy the Rhino
Catherine Keener	...	Nora Wells
Danny DeVito	...	Burke Bennett
Jon Stewart	...	Marion Frank Stokes
Pam Ferris	...	Tommy Cotter
Danny Woodburn	...	Angelo Pike
Michael Rispoli	...	Spinner Dunn
Harvey Fierstein	...	Merv Green
Vincent Schiavelli	...	Buggy Ding Dong
Craig Eldridge	...	Husband
Judy White	...	Wife
Tim MacMenamin	...	Danny
Bruce McFee	...	Roy
Glen Cross	...	Jimmy

También conocida como:

Tötet Smoochy (Alemania)
Maten a Smoochy (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Smoochy (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual references.

Duración:

109 min

País:

USA | UK | Alemania

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Clasificación:

USA:R (certificate #38779) | Iceland:LH (video rating) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-11 (DVD rating) | Germany:16 | Norway:7 | Philippines:PG-13 | Spain:13 | UK:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

When hosting The 78th Annual Academy Awards (2006) (TV), Jon Stewart mentioned this movie as one of his few acting jobs. He said "Welcome to the Seventy-Eighth Annual Academy Awards... hosted by me... the fourth male lead in "Death To Smoochy". Rent it."

Errores:

Continuidad: When Rainbow grabs the light to smash the TV there is a bulb in it. But when we see him hitting it, there is no bulb inside the light.

Citas:

Randolph: [Pointing gun at Nora and Sheldon] I've got Mr. Boomy, Missy!

Conexiones de Película:

References The Lion King (1994)

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Am I the only one who sees this as a modern spin on the movie NETWORK?!? The parallels are extraordinary. Both are about executives finding a new talent that they want to exploit to the general public, but when he becomes too popular, they want to get rid of him. Sure the outcome and general details vary, but the basic theme is virtually identical.

I'm going on the record to say I actually enjoyed this story a lot. The light fluffy delivery made a good contrast to the deep black ideas being played on. The leads played their characters to the right tone, and the supports showed off brilliantly. A wicked treat.