Mr. Deeds overview

Mr. Deeds

Synopsis:

One of Frank Capra's best-loved stories gets a modernized and wildly slapstick reinterpretation in this romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler. When Preston Blake (Harve Presnell), a remarkably wealthy media magnate, dies with neither a wife nor children, the question on the lips of most of his associates is who will inherit the estate. The surprising answer turns out to be Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler), a cheerful but half-bright proprietor of a small-town pizzeria, as well as part-time greeting card poet, who was a distant relative of Blake. In order to claim his 40-billion-dollar inheritance, Deeds heads to New York City, where Blake's former associates, Chuck Cedar (Peter Gallagher) and Cecil Anderson (Erick Avari), introduce him to the city while trying to figure out how to get their hands on his new fortune.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Jared Harris, Steven Brill
  • Studio: Out of the Blue...Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, New Line Cinema, Happy Madison
  • Year: 2002
  • Run Time: 96 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: PG13 (for language including sexual references, and some rear nudity)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Comedy
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 2002 06 28 (USA)

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