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Overview
Release Date:
26 July 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
A comedy right up your alley. morePlot:
A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Bill Murray at his best! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Woody Harrelson | ... | Roy Munson |
 | Randy Quaid | ... | Ishmael Boorg |
 | Vanessa Angel | ... | Claudia |
 | Bill Murray | ... | Ernie McCracken |
 | Chris Elliott | ... | The Gambler |
| William Jordan | ... | Mr. Boorg |
 | Richard Tyson | ... | Owner of Stiffy's |
 | Lin Shaye | ... | Roy's Landlady |
 | Zen Gesner | ... | Thomas Boorg |
| Prudence Wright Holmes | ... | Mrs. Boorg |
 | Rob Moran | ... | Stanley Osmanski |
| Daniel Greene | ... | Calvert Munson (as Danny Greene) |
 | Will Rothhaar | ... | Young Roy |
| Mark Charpentier | ... | 1979 Bowling Buddy |
| Brad Faxon | ... | 1979 Bowling Buddy |
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Rated PG-13 for crude sex-related humor and a drug scene.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
113 min | USA:117 min (R-rated version)Country:
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EnglishColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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South Korea:15 | Iceland:L | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34604) | Finland:K-10 | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Canada:14A | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | USA:R (director's cut)MOVIEmeter: 
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Roy, played by Woody Harrelson, dreams that the Gambler will pay him $1,000,000 to sleep with Ishmael. This is a reference to Indecent Proposal (1993) starring Harrelson. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Ishmael's chest tattoo is visible before he gets it. moreSoundtrack:
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Bill Murray pretty much steals the show every time he's on the screen. He's sleazy, he's smarmy and he's very funny. With that comb-over going nuts at the big game, and his victory dance at the end makes Kingpin that much better. That's not saying that the rest of the film isn't good, it is. Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid and Vanessa Angel make a very odd partnership. An Amish bowling whiz, a one handed ex-bowler, and a very sexy hustler scheme and dream to make it to Reno, but of course they have to beat Big Ern.