Black Sheep (1996)

Director:

Penelope Spheeris

Writer (WGA):

Fred Wolf (written by)

Release Date:

2 February 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

There's one in every family.

Plot:

A gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election.

Plot Keywords:

Election | Alcoholism | Cell Phone | Box Office Hit | Profanity

Cast

Chris Farley	...	Mike Donnelly
David Spade	...	Steve Dodds
Tim Matheson	...	Al Donnelly
Christine Ebersole	...	Governor Tracy
Gary Busey	...	Drake Sabitch
Grant Heslov	...	Robbie Mieghem
Timothy Carhart	...	Roger Kovary
Bruce McGill	...	Neuschwander
Michael Patrick Carter	...	Scott Colleary
Boyd Banks	...	Clyde Spinoza
David St. James	...	Motorcycle Cop
Skip O'Brien	...	State Trooper
Branden R. Morgan	...	Fan
'Gypsy' Spheeris	...	Pocket Pool Lady
John Ashker	...	Jim Blaine
William Howell	...	Rastafarian
Austin Kottke	...	Tough Kid
Toby Scott Ganger	...	Tough Kid
Dylan Lucas	...	Ricky
James Noah	...	Mayor
Chris Owen	...	Hal
Jonathan Everett Lewis	...	Carl
LaRita Shelby	...	Reporter
Karen Kahn	...	Anchor Woman
Laura Weekes	...	TV Reporter
Tucker Smallwood	...	Election Analyst
Mark Arm	...	Mudhoney (as Mark Thomas McLaughlin)
Steve Neil Turner	...	Mudhoney
Matt Lukin	...	Mudhoney (as Matt David Lukin)
Dan Peters	...	Mudhoney (as Daniel Joe Peters)
Kevin P. Farley	...	Bouncer
John Farley	...	Bouncer
Patrick Pankhurst	...	Donald Tracy
Luke Dickinson	...	Andrew Tracy
Fred Wolf	...	Ronald Forte
Patricia Place	...	Woman at Party
Annie O'Donnell	...	Election Worker
Kathleen O'Malley	...	Mrs. Oneacre
Jean Speegle Howard	...	Elderly Woman
Drew Wilson	...	Elderly Man
Michelle Burkette	...	Police Woman (as Michele Burkette)
Andrew Breymann	...	Hillbilly Kid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Benz	...	Woman (uncredited)
Kathleen Card	...	News Reporter (uncredited)
Lisa Gilbar	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Jimmy Workman	...	Druggy teen (uncredited)

Directed by
Penelope Spheeris

Writing credits (WGA)
Fred Wolf		(written by)

Produced by
C.O. Erickson	....	executive producer
Lorne Michaels	....	producer
Dinah Minot	....	co-producer
Eric Newman	....	associate producer
Robert K. Weiss	....	executive producer

Original Music by
William Ross

Cinematography by
Daryn Okada

Film Editing by
Ross Albert

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Jane Shannon-Smith

Production Design by
Peter Jamison

Art Direction by
Chris Cornwell

Set Decoration by
Linda Spheeris

Costume Design by
Jill M. Ohanneson

Makeup Department
Candida Conery	....	hair stylist
James Lee McCoy	....	makeup artist (as James L. McCoy)
Francisco X. Pérez	....	assistant makeup artist (as Frank Perez)
Danny Valencia	....	hair stylist

Production Management
C.O. Erickson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Maria K. Battle	....	dga trainee
Matt Earl Beesley	....	second unit director
Christian P. Della Penna	....	second assistant director
David D'Ovidio	....	second assistant director: second unit
Jason Roberts	....	second second assistant director
Artist W. Robinson	....	first assistant director
David N. Schrager	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Evelyn Barbier	....	set designer
Doug Barnard	....	production illustrator
Robert A. Blackburn	....	construction coordinator
Timothy Burgard	....	storyboard artist
Clete Cetrone	....	construction foreman
Cosmas A. Demetriou	....	set designer
Scott Doran	....	lead man
Don Elliott	....	set dresser
Glen R. Feldman	....	assistant property master
Marcie Friedman	....	art department coordinator
Donald Goodman	....	drapery
Travis Huffman	....	propmaker
Jonas Kirk	....	general foreman
Chuck McSorley	....	set dresser
Marc Meisels	....	set dresser
Efren N. Perez	....	set dresser
William H. Phen Jr.	....	propmaker foreman
Gary Seybert	....	assistant property master
Douglas M. Vaughn	....	set dresser
Dean Wilson	....	property master
Abby Yaloff	....	assistant property master (as Abby Rayve)

Sound Department
Randle Akerson	....	sound effects editor
Petra Bach	....	supervising adr editor
Bill Baldwin	....	assistant sound editor
Bob Baron	....	adr mixer
John Benson	....	supervising sound editor
Rick Bozeat	....	sound editor
Willie D. Burton	....	sound mixer
Valerie Davidson	....	foley editor
Zack Davis	....	adr editor
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Roger Fearing	....	assistant sound editor
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist
Christopher Flick	....	supervising foley editor
Cameron Frankley	....	sound effects editor
Robert W. Harris	....	cable person
Gregg Landaker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marvin E. Lewis	....	boom operator
Mark L. Mangino	....	sound effects editor
Steve Maslow	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anthony Milch	....	dialogue editor
Karen Minahan	....	assistant sound editor
Carin Rogers	....	dialogue editor
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer
Thomas W. Small	....	foley editor
Karen Spangenberg	....	additional dialogue editor
Beth Sterner	....	supervising sound editor
Mike Szakmeister	....	dialogue editor
David F. Van Slyke	....	sound effects editor
Bill Ward	....	assistant sound editor
Rick Winquest	....	recording engineer

Special Effects by
Guy Faria	....	special effects technician
Larry Odien	....	animatronic effects
Richard Zarro	....	special effects coordinator
Ronald Zarro	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Mat Beck	....	visual effects supervisor
Daniele Colajacomo	....	visual effects animator: 3DSite
Andrew R. Harris	....	paint/roto artist (as Andrew Harris)
Erik Liles	....	digital compositor
David Sosalla	....	visual effects supervisor
Greg Strause	....	compositor
Jeff Wells	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Edson Williams	....	digital compositor
Colin Strause	....	3D effects artist: Pixel Envy (uncredited)

Stunts
John Ashker	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Stan Barrett	....	stunts
Stanton Barrett	....	stunts
Bob Brown	....	stunts
William H. Burton	....	stunts
Tim A. Davison	....	stunts
Shane Dixon	....	stunt coordinator
Christopher Epper	....	stunts
Danny Epper	....	stunts
Chris Farley	....	stunts
James W. Gavin	....	stunts
Sandra Lee Gimpel	....	stunts
Tabby Hanson	....	stunts
Chuck Hicks	....	stunts
Jimmy Hock	....	stunts
Henry Kingi Jr.	....	stunts
Paul M. Lane	....	stunts
Shawn Lane	....	stunts
Kent W. Luttrell	....	stunt double
Kent W. Luttrell	....	stunts
Eddie Matthews	....	stunt double: Chris Farley
Eddie Matthews	....	stunts
John Meier	....	stunts
Royce L. Minor	....	stunts
Gary Morgan	....	stunts
Jimmy Nickerson	....	stunts
Alan Oliney	....	stunts
Manny Perry	....	stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts
Troy Robinson	....	stunts
Danny Rogers	....	stunts
Erik Rondell	....	stunts
Gilbert Rosales	....	stunts
Michael Runyard	....	stunts
Martin Valinsky	....	stunts
Kaye Wade	....	stunts
Eric Watson	....	stunts
Danny Weselis	....	stunts
Janet Wilder	....	stunts
Scott Wilder	....	stunts
Danny Wynands	....	stunts
George Zamora	....	stunts (as George M. Zamora)

Camera and Electrical Department
Patric J. Abaravich	....	chief rigging best boy
James Barrett	....	rigging electrician
John Boccaccio	....	first assistant camera
Greg Cantrell	....	rigging gaffer (as Gregory M. Cantrell)
Louie DeMarco	....	camera loader (as Lou DeMarco)
John Ditomaso	....	electrician
Bob Hall	....	first assistant camera
Frank Harris	....	cinematographer: miniatures
Mike Hodges	....	key grip
Casey Hotchkiss	....	camera operator
Paul Hugen	....	camera operator
Richard Jastrow	....	grip
Richard Kuhn	....	dolly grip
Marcos O. Lopez	....	second assistant camera
E. Scott Mayhugh	....	gaffer
Larry McCarron	....	grip
John McEveety	....	second assistant camera
Daniel P. Moore	....	video supervisor
Tracy Neftzger	....	best boy grip (as Tracy Alan Neftzger)
Charles J. Schray	....	dolly grip
Raymond Stella	....	director of photography: second unit
Tara Summers	....	camera operator: "b" camera, miniatures
Francis X. Valdez III	....	best boy electric
Merie Weismiller Wallace	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Jennifer Bender	....	extras casting
Dave Freed	....	casting assistant
Mercedes Kelso	....	casting assistant (as Mercedes Danforth)
Karen Miller	....	casting associate
Judd Nissen	....	casting assistant
Alex Wald	....	casting assistant (as Alex Rosenberg)
Mary Tricia Wood	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cindy Evans	....	key set costumer
Alix Friedberg	....	costumer
Kelly Lindquist	....	costume supervisor
Matt Reitsma	....	costumer
Deborah Slate	....	costumer
Adrienne Wait	....	costumer
Kanani Wolf	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Peter Fandetti	....	assistant film editor
Phil Hetos	....	color timer
Michael Matzdorff	....	lightworks assistant film editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Ann Trulove	....	first assistant film editor

Music Department
Bob Bornstein	....	music preparation
Matthew Della Polla	....	music scoring coordinator
Robert Fernandez	....	music mixer
Robert Fernandez	....	music recordist
Steve Mccroskey	....	supervising music editor (as Steve Mc Croskey)
William Ross	....	orchestra conductor
William Ross	....	orchestrator
Steven Scott Smalley	....	orchestrator
Patti Zimmitti	....	orchestra contractor
Kevin Crehan	....	assistant music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Howard Brady Davidson	....	transportation coordinator
Thomas Garris	....	driver
Judd Nissen	....	driver: Chris Farley
Gary Paulsen	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Michael Anthony	....	location scout
Michael Beche	....	location manager
Becky Brake	....	location manager
John Chisholm	....	welfare/studio teacher
Richard Cooper	....	production assistant
Dawn Darfus	....	production accountant
Robert Dawson	....	title designer
Ted Dondanville	....	assistant: Mr. Farley
Stacy Dorff	....	assistant: Mr. Minot
Jeff Edwards	....	puppeteer
Don Garrison	....	location manager
Tony Giglio	....	set production assistant
Lisa Gilbar	....	production assistant
Tony Halbert	....	assistant: Mr. Busey
Cindy Hochman	....	production coordinator
Derek Hurd	....	craft service
Larry K. Johnson	....	script supervisor
Valerie Y.O. Kim	....	assistant location manager
Deborah Krainin	....	assistant: Mr. Weiss
Deborah Laub	....	location manager
Erin Maroney	....	assistant: Mr. Michaels
Zack Milan	....	stand-in
Laurie Morgenthal	....	power pod technician
Gregory Nicotero	....	puppeteer
Eileen A. O'Donnell	....	legal clearances
Jonathan Pessin	....	assistant: Mr. Weiss
Matt Piedmont	....	assistant: Mr. Spade
Huey Redwine	....	stand-in
David M. Rodriguez	....	assistant auditor
Chanel Salzer	....	assistant location manager
Lauren Smith	....	assistant: Mr. Weiss
Michael D. Starks	....	craft service
Phoebe Trachtenberg	....	assistant: Mr. Newman
Kristan Wagner	....	location manager
Mark Walbaum	....	production assistant
Diane Ward	....	assistant production coordinator
Martine White	....	additional location manager
Scott Wilder	....	assistant: Mr. Spheeris (as Scott A. Wilder)
Daniel Veluzat	....	location liaison (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1999) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (199?) (Australia) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)
• Paramount Home Video (1996) (USA) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• Unique Movie Cars  picture cars

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude language and humor, drug-related material and sexual innuendo.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Denmark:16 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #33985) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Buckley, Washington, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

Film critic Gene Siskel said that this was the first film he walked out on in 26 years of reviewing movies.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Steve gets sprayed with the fire extinguisher he is wearing a pair of khakis and a sweater but when we see him a while later he is still sprayed but wearing blue jeans and a jacket. Later still, he is back to the original outfit.

Quotes:

Mike: [holding onto a small plant on a steep hill] Oh, thank you, little roots! Please stay strong!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saturday Night Live 25 (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Get a Job

A job well done.

I really didn't think TOMMY BOY was all that funny. I didn't. But I sure did like BLACK SHEEP. The film is a good film if you want a laugh. But you need to have the right sense of humor. Gene Siskel obviously did not have the correct type of humor, as he is reported to have walked out on this film. Well, that was one of his biggest mistakes, because there are far worse movies out there!

Chris Farley was funny as hell, I don't think anyone should object to that. David Spade still is pretty funny (although he lost a lot of points with me when he did JOE DIRT).

I thought this film was actually pretty good. The other members of the cast were good: Tim Matheson, Gary Busey, Grant Heslov, and Bruce McGill. All of them were funny as hell. Maybe with the exception of Gary Busey's character, who I must admit was pretty stupid. The film had a good story though, and it was sweet-natured along iwth being majorly crude and funny. I recommend ALMOST HEROES and TOMMY BOY *if* you liked this movie. BLACK SHEEP gets 4/5.