Mr. Deeds
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| Directed by | Steven Brill |
| Produced by |
Sid Ganis Jack Giarraputo |
| Screenplay by | Tim Herlihy |
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Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland |
| Starring |
Adam Sandler Winona Ryder Peter Gallagher Jared Harris Allen Covert Erick Avari John Turturro Conchata Ferrell |
| Music by | Teddy Castellucci |
| Cinematography | Peter Lyons Collister |
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Columbia Pictures New Line Cinema |
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96 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $171.3 million |
Mr. Deeds is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Steven Brill and starring Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder. The movie is a remake of the 1936 Frank Capra film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, and also stars Peter Gallagher, John Turturro, Allen Covert and Steve Buscemi. The movie was produced by Happy Madison and New Line Cinema and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Multibillionaire Preston Blake freezes to death while on a mountain climbing expedition. With no widow or legitimate children, it is initially unclear who would earn the right to Blake's massive fortune.
It is found that Blake has a living grandnephew named Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler), who runs a pizzeria in New Hampshire and also writes greeting cards in the hopes that Hallmark may be interested in one. Deeds is contacted and flown to New York City by businessman Chuck Cedar (Peter Gallagher), who is temporarily in control of Blake Media. Deeds' unorthodox helicopter trip includes a stop at a Wendy's for a Frosty as well as a singing of David Bowie's Space Oddity. Once Deeds arrives in New York, plans are made for him to sell his shares in the company to Cedar and return home $40 billion richer, but he must remain in New York for a few days while all the legal details are worked out.
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