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Dummy (2002) -- 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.
Dummy (2002) -- 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.
Dummy (2002) -- 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.
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Dummy (2002) -- 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.

Overview

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Director:
Greg Pritikin
Writer:
Greg Pritikin (written by)
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Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
The story of a dummy and his man. more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Brilliant - one of my top 5 films of all time more (64 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Adrien Brody ... Steven

Milla Jovovich ... Fangora

Illeana Douglas ... Heidi

Vera Farmiga ... Lorena

Jessica Walter ... Fern
Ron Leibman ... Lou

Jared Harris ... Michael
Mirabella Pisani ... Bonnie
Helen Hanft ... Mrs. Gurkel

Richmond Hoxie ... Sorensen
Adam LeFevre ... Theater Director
Joanne Bayes ... Actress

Lou Martini Jr. ... Unemployed Italian (as Lou Marini Jr.)

Gabor Morea ... Unemployed Frottager (as Gabor Mobea)
Edward Hibbert ... Unemployed Actor
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language.
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Runtime:
USA:91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Yiddish
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Australia:M | Italy:T | Singapore:PG | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Commack, Long Island, New York, USA more
Company:
Dummy Productions LLC more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The store that Steven buys his dummy at is called "Halloween Adventure". It is located in New York City. more
Goofs:
Continuity: "Paris Film Production" is credited for grip/electric twice. more
Quotes:
[Family dinner, with Lorena and daughter as guests]
Heidi: [to her mother, Fern] What're you, apologizing to her? She's an unwed mother.
Fern: Better an unwed mother than just plain unwed.
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Movie Connections:
References Fiddler on the Roof (1971) more
Soundtrack:
Stars and Stripes Forever more

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User Comments

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10 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Brilliant - one of my top 5 films of all time, 30 September 2004
Author: RSewell502 from York England

I really liked the quirky humour and though Adrien Brody's acting was astonishing, the ensemble playing and the interplay of dummy and people was what made the film work for me. I am an ignorant English Quaker and I had a simple question for the director or Adrien or any other American viewers. Is Adrien's character meant to represent a specifically Jewish character, or is the film, as I suspect, more universal in its design?

I teach 11-16 year olds and have written books on mainstreaming children with special needs. I may have read the movie all wrong, but to me the humour brought alive all the hassle that children with Asperger's Syndrome have, trying to communicate their ideas and feelings to an uncomprehending world. My old school has one of the best records in UK for bringing children on the autistic spectrum out of special schools into ordinary classrooms and get great results for them. It takes real love for the staff to help the other children treat them with the kind of respect they need to show their proper talents. The anguish in Adrien's eyes was met with perfect friendship and love in his sister and girl friends and I thought that it was this that helped him reveal his true talents.

I have never filled in a comments box like this before and I only do so because Dummy is one of my all time favourite movies

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