Kingpin (1996 film)
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| Directed by | Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly |
| Produced by |
Brad Krevoy Steve Stabler Bradley Thomas |
| Written by |
Barry Fanaro Mort Nathan |
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| Music by | Freedy Johnston |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Edited by | Christopher Greenbury |
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| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27 million |
| Box office | $25,023,434 |
Kingpin is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, and Bill Murray.
The film stars Harrelson as an alcoholic ex-professional bowler who becomes the manager for a promising Amish talent played by Quaid. It was filmed in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (as a stand-in for Scranton), Amish country, and Reno, Nevada.
Flashy young bowler Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson) wins the 1979 Iowa state bowling championship and leaves home to turn professional. In his professional bowling tour debut, he defeats established pro Ernie McCracken (Bill Murray), who takes the loss poorly and seeks revenge. McCracken convinces Roy to join him in a plot to hustle a group of local amateur bowlers. When the amateurs become furious after realizing they are being conned, McCracken flees while Roy is brutally beaten and loses his hand when it is forced into the ball return, ending his career.
17 years later, Roy uses a prosthetic hand and is living in Scranton, Pennsylvania where he sells novelty items (like fluorescent condoms) with little success and drinks heavily. He is also behind of his rent and is constantly harassed by his landlady Mrs. Dumars (Lin Shaye), even going so far as to have sex with her to avoid her having him evicted and possibly prosecuted for he and his friend staging a mugging for him to save her. (Her nasty cunningilus gesture to him haunting him throughout the film.)
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