My Cousin Vinny
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| Directed by | Jonathan Lynn |
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| Written by | Dale Launer |
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| Music by | Randy Edelman |
| Cinematography | Peter Deming |
| Edited by | Stephen E. Rivkin |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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119 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million |
| Box office | $64.1 million |
My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 American comedy film written by Dale Launer and directed by Jonathan Lynn. The film stars Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Lane Smith, Bruce McGill, and Fred Gwynne. This was Gwynne's last film appearance before his death on July 2, 1993.
The film deals with two young New Yorkers traveling through rural Alabama who are put on trial for a murder they did not commit, and the comical attempts of a cousin, Vincent Gambini, a newly minted lawyer, to defend them. Much of the humor comes from the contrasting personalities of the brash Italian-American New Yorkers, Vinny and his fiancée Mona Lisa, and the more reserved Southern townspeople.
Lawyers have praised the comedy's realistic depiction of courtroom procedure and trial strategy. Pesci, Gwynne and Tomei received critical praise for their performances, and Tomei won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Driving through Alabama in their green 1964 Buick Skylark convertible, Billy Gambini and Stan Rothenstein, students from New York, shop at a convenience store and accidentally shoplift a can of tuna. After they leave, the store clerk is shot and killed, and Billy and Stan are arrested in connection with the murder. Due to circumstantial evidence and a confession to the shoplifting misconstrued as one to the shooting, Billy is charged with murder, and Stan as an accessory. Billy's mother tells her son that there is an attorney in the family: his cousin Vinny. Vincent LaGuardia Gambini travels there, accompanied by his fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito. Although he is willing to take the case, Vinny is a personal injury lawyer from Brooklyn, New York, newly admitted to the bar on his sixth attempt, and with no trial experience.
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