Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)

User Rating:

4.3/10   

Director:

Mike Bigelow

Writers (WGA):

Harris Goldberg (characters) &
Rob Schneider (characters) ...
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Release Date:

12 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

For the women of Europe... The price of love just got a lot cheaper.

Plot:

Deuce is tricked again into man-whoring by T.J., only in Amsterdam while other man-whores are being murdered in his midst.

Plot Keywords:

Gigolo | Dolphin | Serial Killer | Pimp | Fugitive

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Rob Schneider	...	Deuce Bigalow
Eddie Griffin	...	T.J. Hicks
Jeroen Krabbé	...	Gaspar Voorsboch
Til Schweiger	...	Heinz Hummer
Douglas Sills	...	Chadsworth Buckingham, III
Carlos Ponce	...	Rodrigo
Charles Keating	...	Gian-Carlo
Hanna Verboom	...	Eva
Alex Dimitriades	...	Enzo Giarraputo
Kostas Sommer	...	Assapopoulos Mariolis
Federico Dordei	...	Mahmoud
Oded Fehr	...	Antoine Laconte
Topper	...	Lil' Kim
Elisabetta Canalis	...	Lady in Castle
Hilton Myburgh	...	Diego Verga
Wimie Wilhelm	...	Heavyset Maid
Joop Kasteel	...	Security Guard
SuChin Pak	...	Newscaster Susie Parks
Veronica Devenish	...	Older Blind Woman
Vincent Martella	...	Billy
Kris McKay	...	Jimmy
Andreas Wolmuth	...	Dolphin Handler
Heather Anne Campbell	...	Newscaster (as Heather Campbell)
Bobbi Sue Luther	...	Newscaster
Sylvana Simons	...	Newscaster
Wes Takahashi	...	News Reporter
Bobbi Aron	...	Blind Woman in Net (as Roberta Aaron)
Willie Gault	...	Black Man in Airport
Pilar Schneider	...	Woman in Airplane (as Pilar M. Schneider)
Jean Challis	...	Pro-American Woman
Katie Downes	...	Sexy Window Washer
Krystle Gohel	...	Red Light District Girl
Zoe McConnell	...	Red Light District Girl
Rebecca Rule	...	Red Light District Girl
Nikkala Stott	...	Red Light District Girl
Nicola Tappenden	...	Red Light District Girl
Melanie Walsh	...	Red Light District Girl
Erik de Vogel	...	Cop
Kelly Brook	...	Beautiful Woman in Painting
Jimmy Gardner	...	Kaiser
Bastiaan Ragas	...	Dutch Anchorman
Monika Kuczowska	...	Topless Weather Lady
Astrid Knoop	...	Topless Weather Lady
Skytriss	...	Marlene Alsmere
Narsingh Balwantsingh	...	Pakistani Man
Micky Hoogendijk	...	Wealthy Woman in Car
Zoe Telford	...	Lily
Nicolette van Dam	...	Spa Attendant
Miranda Raison	...	Svetlana
Edwin Alofs	...	Porn Midget (as Edwin Adolfs)
Joshua Rubin	...	Production Assistant
Kenan Raven	...	Man in Robe
Chantal Janzen	...	Scandinavian Porn Star
Rachel Stevens	...	Louisa, the Dirty Girl
Dana Goodman	...	Greta, the Hunchback Girl
Julia Lea Wolov	...	The Big-Eared Girl (as Julia Wolov)
Cees Geel	...	Man-Whore Union Doorman
Alex Zane	...	Reporter - Man-Whore Awards
Johnny de Mol	...	Canadian College Kid
Matthew Segal	...	Canadian College Kid (as Matt Segal)
Johnny Vaughan	...	Himself
Daan Schuurmans	...	Zucchini Gigolo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fred Armisen	...	Frenchman (uncredited)
Arija Bareikis	...	Kate Bigalow (uncredited)
Nicolas de Pruyssenaere	...	Bike Cop (uncredited)
Carolina Dijkhuizen	...	(uncredited)
John Farley	...	Naked Bike Cop (uncredited)
Norm MacDonald	...	Earl McManus (uncredited)
Elle van Rijn	...	(uncredited)
Adam Sandler	...	Javier Sandooski (uncredited)
Rik Sinkeldam	...	Airport security (uncredited)
Wouter Smit	...	Dutch Gigolo (uncredited)
Corinne van den Heuvel	...	Tourist (uncredited)
Nadia van de Ven	...	(uncredited)
Peter van Hoof	...	Dutch Gigolo (uncredited)
Thierry van Keeken	...	Man on Bike (uncredited)

Directed by
Mike Bigelow

Writing credits (WGA)
Harris Goldberg		(characters) &
Rob Schneider		(characters)
Rob Schneider		(story)
Rob Schneider		(screenplay) and
David Garrett		(screenplay) &
Jason Ward		(screenplay)

Produced by
Glenn S. Gainor	....	executive producer
Jack Giarraputo	....	producer
Tom McNulty	....	co-producer
Nathan Talbert Reimann	....	co-producer (as Nathan T. Reimann)
Adam Sandler	....	producer
John Schneider	....	producer

Original Music by
James L. Venable

Cinematography by
Marc Felperlaan

Film Editing by
Peck Prior
Sandy S. Solowitz

Casting by
Janusz Gosschalk
Job Gosschalk
Roger Mussenden

Production Design by
Benedict Schillemans

Set Decoration by
Carrie Bond

Costume Design by
Linda Bogers

Makeup Department
Annemiek Bohnenn	....	assistant hair stylist
Annemiek Bohnenn	....	assistant makeup artist
Christopher Burdett	....	special makeup designer
Jason Collins	....	supervisor: Almost Human, Inc.
Winnie Gallis	....	makeup department head
Robert Hall	....	special makeup designer
Jacqueline Hoogendijk	....	hair stylist
Jacqueline Hoogendijk	....	makeup artist
Elvis Jones	....	special makeup and animatronic effects
Debbie Mezera	....	office manager: Almost Human, Inc.
Dirk Naastepad	....	hair department head (as Dick Naastepad)
James Ojala	....	lab technician: Almost Human
Claudia Reymond	....	assistant hair stylist
Claudia Reymond	....	assistant makeup artist
Bianca van der Steen	....	key assistant hair stylist

Production Management
Conny Brak	....	production manager
Mykel Denis	....	production supervisor
Glenn S. Gainor	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Guercio	....	second unit director
René Jonkers	....	second assistant director: second unit
Mark Anthony Little	....	assistant director
Elwin Looije	....	second assistant director
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	second unit director
Wouter Severijn	....	first assistant director: second unit
Brian Spitz	....	second unit director
Martin van Bennekum	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Gert Broekema	....	property master
Anne Marie Hilhorst	....	props
Rob Hillenbrink	....	model maker
Elmer Jacobs	....	set constructor
Lidewij Kapteijn	....	construction manager
Valesca Meist	....	set dresser
Maarten Piersma	....	construction manager
H.C. Smulders	....	props
Rosie Stapel	....	painter
Rosie Stapel	....	scenic painter
Bob Titulaer	....	assistant property master
Arjen Tuiten	....	painter
Arjen Tuiten	....	sculptor
Todd Van Hulzen	....	set designer

Sound Department
Deb Adair	....	sound re-recording mixer
Marcel De Hoogd	....	production sound mixer
Rickley W. Dumm	....	sound effects editor
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Matthew P. Hanson	....	supervising sound editor
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Jason King	....	sound editor
Howard London	....	adr mixer
Dennis Patterson	....	supervising foley editor
Eliza Pollack Zebert	....	adr editor
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Johan Rompelberg	....	boom operator
Hein Sassen	....	adr recordist
Cameron Steenhagen	....	sound effects editor
Clayton Weber	....	sound assistant
Elmo Weber	....	supervising sound editor
David Williams	....	dialog editor

Special Effects by
Roland Goddijn	....	special effects technician
Elvis Jones	....	animatronics: Almost Human
Harrie Wiessenhaan	....	special effects supervisor
Rick Wiessenhaan	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Justin Ball	....	senior systems engineer: Zoic Studios
Chris Bergman	....	compositor: Zoic Studios
Jacob Bergman	....	animator
Raoul Bolognini	....	visual effects producer
Kristen Branan	....	head of production
Shannan Burkley	....	matte painter: Zoic Studios
Michael Capton	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Dayna Cernansky	....	digital compositor: Zoic Studios
An H. Dang	....	assistant visual effects editor: Zoic Studios
Feliciano di Giorgio	....	compositing supervisor: Zoic Studios
Eric Ebling	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Fish Essenfeld	....	senior compositor
David Funston	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Dmitri Gueer	....	visual effects editor: Zoic Studios
Chris Hopkins	....	digital artist: Zoic
Chris John Jones	....	creative director: Zoic Studios
Richard Matsushita	....	color and lighting technical director
Rocco Passionino	....	visual effects supervisor
Chris Radcliffe	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Christopher Roda	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Matt Rosenfeld	....	digital artist
Robert Rowles	....	compositor
Chad Royer	....	compositor: Zoic Studios
K. Susan Thurmond	....	visual effects producer: Zoic Studios
Chris Wells	....	CG supervisor: Zoic Studios
Nina Yoon	....	roto artist: Zoic Studios
David Stone	....	render wrangler: Zoic Studios (uncredited)
Antonio Torres	....	digital artist: Digital Intermediate, Pacific Title (uncredited)

Stunts
Heidi Alemans	....	stunt double: Rachel Stevens/Miranda Raison/Hanna Verboom
Willem de Beukelaer	....	stunts
Gary Guercio	....	stunt coordinator
Gary Guercio	....	stunt double: Rob Schneider
Arno Hazebroek	....	stunt double
Gaby Hoogenboom	....	stunts
Sandra Kier	....	stunts
Winston Krolis	....	stunts
Marco Maas	....	stunt coordinator: The Netherlands
Tina Maskell	....	stunts
Sean Meagher	....	stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Jimmy Roberts)
Lutz Schleisner	....	stunts
Ronald Schuurbiers	....	stunts
Claudine Sleeswijk-Monart	....	stunts
Ron Sleeswijk	....	stunts
Nick Swart	....	stunts
Wendy Vrijenhoek	....	stunts
Bill Weston	....	stunts
Bernd Pietsch	....	stunts (uncredited)
Michel Struik	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Edwin Bakker	....	rigging gaffer
Flip Bleekrode	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Luc Brefeld	....	first assistant camera: underwater unit
Ariel Castillo	....	second assistant camera
Nils Dammers	....	best boy electric
Daan Dillo	....	key grip
Julia Gunther	....	lighting assistant
Jorrit Haas	....	grip
Joris Houben	....	best boy electric
Mike Laureys	....	best boy grip
Erwin Roodhart	....	gaffer
Erwin Roodhart	....	second camera operator
Jan Rubens	....	Steadicam operator
Jason Stevens	....	key video assist operator
Michel Struik	....	camera car operator
Steven van Beek	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Gregoor van de Kamp	....	electrician
Chiel van Dongen	....	assistant camera
Erik Van Wouden	....	rigging gaffer
Jo Vermaercke	....	Steadicam operator
Jan Wich	....	underwater camera operator
Maarten Wolf	....	second clapper loader
Olivier Merckx	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lindsey Hayes Kroeger	....	casting associate
Kirsty Kinnear	....	casting associate
Traci Moscowitz	....	casting assistant
Kimberly Mullen	....	casting: Florida
Mark Mullen	....	casting: Florida
Dennis Overeem	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Corinne Bogdanowicz	....	assistant colorist
Paul Bronkar	....	digital intermediate colorist
Doug Delaney	....	digital intermediate colorist
Kacie Haggerty	....	digital intermediate producer
Mike Jackson	....	first assistant editor
Gerlof Kamerling	....	dailies colorist
Joseph Virzi	....	assistant editor
Montrice White	....	assistant editor
Niels Koopman	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Brooks Arthur	....	music producer
John Debney	....	composer: theme music
Michael Dilbeck	....	music supervisor
Bill Ferguson	....	music pre-mix
Betsy Hammer	....	music co-producer
Geoff Levin	....	composer: additional music
Jen Monnar	....	music editor
Jennifer Kes Remington	....	music pre-mix

Transportation Department
Kirsten Ritsema	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Kristine Bochum	....	second assistant accountant
Ben Bouwmeester	....	production coordinator
Conny Brak	....	executive: IDTV Film
John Charles	....	software engineer: Sony DAC
Michael Chinich	....	development executive
John Cody	....	assistant production coordinator: Spain
Adam Conroy	....	assistant: Rob Schneider
Andrea Cooper	....	assistant production coordinator: Spain
Thijs Dehé	....	assistant location manager
Eva de Vries	....	travel coordinator
J.D. Donaruma	....	assistant: Mr. Sandler
Missy Foster	....	assistant: Mr. McNulty
Jennifer Gallo	....	production assistant
Anne Hoozemans	....	assistant production coordinator
Stephanie James	....	assistant: Mr. Gainor (as Stephanie Fike)
Tish Johnson	....	production accountant
Damiana Kamishin	....	production supervisor
Shannon Kern	....	production assistant: USA
Kym Langlie	....	unit publicist
Micheline van Leeuwen	....	location scout
Jonathan Loughran	....	assistant: Mr. Sandler
Sean Madaras	....	assistant: Mr. Giarraputo
Rhodé Maris	....	script supervisor
Jorrit Niels	....	assistant: Conny Brak
Jessica Otto	....	production secretary
Koen Plate	....	location supervisor
Rutger Scherrenberg	....	assistant: Mr. Reimann
Darnell Shepherd	....	laboratory technician: Almost Human Inc.
Sheryl Sirmons	....	first assistant accountant
Ron Sleeswijk	....	sword master
Katja Sobrino	....	script supervisor: second unit
James Souza	....	location manager: Spain
Jeremy Tate	....	assistant: Mr. Giarraputo
Wilbert Thomas	....	assistant: Mr. Griffin
Dan Uneken	....	production coordinator: Spain
Trix van Alphen	....	publicist
Sandra van der Oest	....	production coordinator
Angela van de Weerdhof	....	assistant: Mr. Bigelow
Eli Wolstan	....	assistant: John Schneider

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Happy Madison Productions
• Out of the Blue... Entertainment

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Columbia Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Gaumont/Columbia TriStar Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2006) (Argentina) (all media)
• LK-TEL (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (retail)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (opticals)
• Zoic Studios (visual effects)
• Almost Human (prosthetic make-up effects)

Other Companies

• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Set Comfort  location vehicles
• Sparks Lighting B.V.  lighting

Also Known As:

Deuce Bigalow 2: Destination Amsterdam (USA) (working title)
Deuce Bigalow: Electric Gigolo (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive strong crude and sexual humor, language, nudity and drug content.

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Dutch

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

UK:15 | Germany:16 | Australia:MA | USA:R (certificate #41003) | Ireland:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Philippines:R-13 | Philippines:R-13 (cinema release) | Brazil:16 | Argentina:16 | Iceland:14 | Finland:K-15 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Norway:15 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Disney had originally distributed Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999) but passed on the sequel. 'Adam Sandler' who produced the first film as the first one under his production company Happy Madison, then moved the project to Sony for distribution.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Deuce and T.J. stop to talk after leaving Chicken & Waffles, the same red-headed lady in blue can be seen behind each one of them even though they stand facing each other.

Quotes:

Tourist: I'm from Canada and I'm wasted!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Worst of 2005" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Somethin' Stupid

Made in Holland and Made for Holland

Some of the comments here about this movie say that this movie is depicting the Netherlands wrongly. Drugs, prostitution and naked weather(wo)men. How crude!

I think this movie is a cute spoof on the Netherlands. Of course we don't have naked weatherwomen (unfortunately), but indeed we have coffee-shops which are very much unlike Starbucks, and although the legal status of prostitution is vague, it's not prohibited in certain areas in the country and indeed the prostitutes do pay taxes and have a health care plan. So in a sense it's true, albeit a bit over the top - for amusement value.

The movie shows some nice areas of the country, like the windmills, old cobblestone streets and canals. And it has a huge slew of famous and not-so-famous Dutch celebrities, which actually makes this movie fun to watch for a Dutchman! In fact, I think Dutch moviegoers would rate this movie higher than an American would do, as the latter might not get the tongue in cheek humor depicted within. Americans may even be offended at how the war in Iraq is mentioned by a Frenchman, and the aggression against people waving an American flag, sending out a political stab by Mr. Schneider.

There is much eye for detail, like the shirts Deuce is wearing, or the fact that he calls Eva 'ay-va' as the Dutch would do, the fun with the street name ('Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal', notorious in Holland for its red-light district) and the names and phone-numbers in the little black book (DVD freeze frame).

So, being Dutch myself, I found this flick pretty amusing!

PS. the cover of the Dutch version DVD is much more appropriate, showing an Amsterdam pavement divider post ('Amsterdammertje') instead of the Italian (!?) Leaning Tower of Pisa.