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Genres:
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Comedy /
Sport
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Actors:
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Chris Elliott,
Will Rothhaar,
William Jordan,
Daniel Greene,
Prudence Wright Holmes,
Mark Charpentier,
Brad Faxon,
Woody Harrelson,
Randy Quaid,
Vanessa Angel,
Bill Murray,
Richard Tyson,
Lin Shaye,
Zen Gesner,
Rob Moran
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Duration:
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117 min.
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Rating:
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(6.7/10)123.5
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Plot Summary:
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Roy Munson was the state bowling title-holder in 1979. Unfortunately, soon after he earned that honor, his hand was removed after trying to cheat the fall through guys. For the form 17 years he has been living a completely unhappy exuberance selling bowling tackle, with a rubber hand. And at once he meets Ishmael, a young Amish man who is a natural born bowler. After convincing Ishmael to come with him and purpose his talents to win means on the professional bowling outline to help put aside his family's farm, the two bean for all to see and start winning tournaments. A crude, yet funny, come... dy which switches gears about three fourths of the particular during and becomes much more not joking. Includes a cameo appearance by Blues Traveler during the ending creditation sequence.
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Kingpin
Surprisingly endearing Farrelly bros endeavour about a down-on-his-luck one-handed bowler, played by Woody Harrelson
It's a Farrelly brothers movie - so be prepared for a constant stream of crudity, profanity and really ropy old jokes that may or may not work. If you're into this kind of thing you'll love it, and even if you're not, you'll probably belly laugh at least once.
Harrelson plays Roy Munson, a failed bowling champion who lost his hand in a grudge match with baddie Ernie McCracken (Murray, never better). When he comes across Amish bowling wunderkind Ishmael Boorg (Quaid), he sets out to get his revenge on Murray.
Although it doesn't plumb new depths in finding laughs from sex, shit and disability, you'd need a bathysphere to get any lowe...
So funny it hurts
"Kingpin" is the story of a star bowler who lost a hand (Woody Harrelson) and became a hustler, barely scraping by. He comes across an Amish kid (Randy Quaid) with an arm of gold and exploits him for everything he can get.
They hit the road for a million-dollar contest in Reno and meet up with The Bimbo (Vanessa Angel) and the Arch Rival (Bill Murray).
My recommendation: Sneak into the last 20 minutes, the bowling climax in Reno, for the funniest part -- the battle of the absurdly over-the-top comb-overs between Harrelson and Murray. So funny it hurts.
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