Little Nicky
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| Directed by | Steven Brill |
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Jack Giarraputo Robert Simonds |
| Written by | Steven Brill Adam Sandler Tim Herlihy |
| Starring | Adam Sandler Patricia Arquette Harvey Keitel Reese Witherspoon Rhys Ifans Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. Rodney Dangerfield Robert Smigel |
| Music by | Teddy Castellucci |
| Cinematography | Theo van de Sande |
| Edited by | Jeff Gourson |
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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90 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $85 million |
| Box office | $58.3 million |
| Little Nicky Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | ||
| Released | October 31, 2000 | |
| Genre | Alternative metal, nu metal, alternative rock | |
| Length | 48:31 | |
| Label | Maverick | |
| Producer | Terry Date, Rae DiLeo, DJ Crook, Don Gilmore, Ben Grosse, Safta Jaffery, John Leckie, Geno Lenardo, Scott Litt, Sylvia Massy, Jonah Matranga, Chino Moreno, Guy Oseary, PM5K, Rick Rubin, Adam Sandler, Dennis Smith | |
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Little Nicky is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Steven Brill. It stars Adam Sandler as Nicky, one of Satan's three sons as he attempts to save his father and prevent his brothers from taking over Earth.
The film was a financial failure and received negative reviews from critics. Despite this, the film has gained a massive cult following.
The story revolves around a struggle to determine which of Satan's (Harvey Keitel) three sons will succeed their father as ruler of Hell. Adrian (Rhys Ifans) is the most intelligent, Cassius (Tom Lister Jr.) is the toughest, and Nicky (Adam Sandler) is their father's favorite, even though Nicky has had a speech impediment and a disfigured jaw since Cassius hit him in the face with a shovel.
Having been the "prince of darkness" for ten thousand years, Satan assembles his sons to decide which of them will succeed him, but instead he keeps the throne for himself because his sons are not yet ready to be his successor and tells them that they need to learn to keep the balance between good and evil. Angered by this decision, Adrian and Cassius go to Earth to create a new Hell by possessing religious and political leaders in New York City. As they leave, they freeze the entrance to Hell, preventing more souls from entering and causing Satan's body to begin decomposing via his body literally falling apart. To stop Adrian and Cassius, Satan sends Nicky to Earth with a silver flask that traps whoever drinks from it inside.
At first, Nicky has trouble staying alive on Earth. He is killed several times, landing in Hell and returning to New York each time. While learning how to eat and sleep, he meets a talking bulldog named Mr. Beefy (voice of Robert Smigel) (a friend of Nicky's father), rents an apartment with a struggling actor named Todd (Allen Covert), and falls in love with a design student named Valerie (Patricia Arquette).
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