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Dummy (2002)
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Ratings: 6.7/10 from 4,413 users
Metascore:
48/100
Reviews: 67 user | 20 critic | 12 from Metacritic.com An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may thwart his new career and love life. Director:Greg PritikinWriter:Greg Pritikin |
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Steven
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| Milla Jovovich | ... |
Fangora
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| Illeana Douglas | ... |
Heidi
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| Vera Farmiga | ... |
Lorena
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| Jessica Walter | ... |
Fern
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Ron Leibman | ... |
Lou
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Michael
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Mirabella Pisani | ... |
Bonnie
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Helen Hanft | ... |
Mrs. Gurkel
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Richmond Hoxie | ... |
Sorensen
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| Adam LeFevre | ... |
Theater Director
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Joanne Bayes | ... |
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| Lou Martini Jr. | ... |
Unemployed Italian
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| Gabor Morea | ... |
Unemployed Frottager
(as Gabor Mobea)
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| Edward Hibbert | ... |
Unemployed Actor
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Storyline
Steven, nearly 30 and living with his parents, sees an old Edgar Bergen movie on TV and decides to fulfill his longtime dream of becoming a ventriloquist. His beautiful unemployment counselor Lorena finds him work, but puts out a restraining order on him when he paints a thank-you note on her door. Later, this young mother agrees to date him anyway, but finds his bickering family, and his inexperience with women, daunting to a relationship. Steven's sister Heidi is a wedding planner with a drunken ex-fiancé who keeps showing up at the door. His friend Fangora is a pseudo-punk rocker whose sex does not prevent her from giving him terrible advice about women. The wedding of a Jewish girl, who wants Klezmer music and gets something unexpected, will become a turning point in everyone's lives. Written by J. Spurlin
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Country:
USAAlso Known As:
Bábu See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$30,120 (USA) (14 September 2003) (5 Screens)Gross:
$71,305 (USA) (5 October 2003)Company Credits
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and The Dummy, doing a famous Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy bit, in which
Steven says, "I thought we gave a very moving performance," and The Dummy
replies, "The only thing moving was your lips. Asshole." The clip ends with
a voice, presumably of director Greg Pritikin, saying "Cut, that's a cut." See more »
(1959) (uncredited)
Written by Paul Anka and Joe Dowell
Performed by Paul Anka See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
The ventriloquist teacher in the classroom scene (Alan Semok) designed and built the film's title character and also played teacher in real life as Adrien Brody's personal trainer, teaching Brody ventriloquism and puppet manipulation in a three week crash course during preproduction. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Steven and Lorena dance at the wedding, the same red-haired woman is led across the dance floor twice. See more »Crazy Credits
In the middle of the credits of the US DVD, there is a short clip of Stevenand The Dummy, doing a famous Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy bit, in which
Steven says, "I thought we gave a very moving performance," and The Dummy
replies, "The only thing moving was your lips. Asshole." The clip ends with
a voice, presumably of director Greg Pritikin, saying "Cut, that's a cut." See more »
Soundtracks
"Lonely Boy"(1959) (uncredited)
Written by Paul Anka and Joe Dowell
Performed by Paul Anka See more »
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