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Mr. Deeds / Columbia Pictures and New Line Cinema present a Happy Madison production in association with Out Of The Blue Entertainment, a film by Steven Brill ; produced by Sid Ganis, Jack Giarraputo ; screenplay by Tim Herlihy ; directed by Steven Brill.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 07822 | Columbia TriStar Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French Series: Adam Sandler collectionPublisher: Culver City, California : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2002]Edition: Widescreen special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0767882083
  • 9780767882088
  • 1404919597
  • 9781404919594
  • 9781404923355
  • 1404923357
Uniform titles:
  • Container of (work): Mr. Deeds (Motion picture)
  • Container of (expression): Mr. Deeds (Motion picture). French.
  • Remake of (work): Mr. Deeds goes to town (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kelland, Clarence Budington, 1881-1964. Opera hat
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Music video: Where are you going? / Dave Mathews Band.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Peter Lyons Collister ; editor, Jeff Gourson ; music, Teddy Castellucci ; costume designer, Ellen Lutter ; production designer, Perry Andelin Blake.
Cast: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Allen Covert, Erick Avari, John Turturro.Summary: Small-town guy Longfellow Deeds goes to New York City to collect a $40 billion inheritance from a long lost uncle, even living in a palatial mansion with the services of an unusual valet. Things get better when he mets a beautiful woman. But money changes everything, and things aren't what they seem - his sweetie is actually a journalist feeding reports of his outrageous behavior to the press! Now, its up to Deeds to straighten everybody out.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD COMEDY MR. DEED Available 33111010938369
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

One of Frank Capra's best-loved stories gets a modernized and wildly slapstick reinterpretation in this romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler. When Preston Blake (Harve Presnell), a remarkably wealthy media magnate, dies with neither a wife nor children, the question on the lips of most of his associates is who will inherit the estate. The surprising answer turns out to be Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler), a cheerful but half-bright proprietor of a small-town pizzeria, as well as part-time greeting card poet, who was a distant relative of Blake. In order to claim his 40-billion-dollar inheritance, Deeds heads to New York City, where Blake's former associates, Chuck Cedar (Peter Gallagher) and Cecil Anderson (Erick Avari), introduce him to the city while trying to figure out how to get their hands on his new fortune. Meanwhile, Mac McGrath (Jared Harris), the producer of a sleazy tabloid television show, wants to get the inside scoop on Deeds, and comes up with perfect way to get it: he sends beautiful but unscrupulous reporter Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) to sweep Deeds off his feet while she's wired for sound. Convincing Deeds that she's from a small town just like himself, Bennett quickly wins his heart, but while his affection is sincere, hers is not. He also displays a curious eagerness to defend her good name with his fists which quickly gets him in trouble. Meanwhile, as Deeds becomes the new laughing stock of New York thanks to Bennett's stories, Deeds decides it's time he did something big with his money, while Cedar and Anderson think they've finally found a way to take control of Deeds' holdings. Mr. Deeds also features supporting performances from John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, and Conchata Ferrell. John McEnroe and Rev. Al Sharpton make cameo appearances as themselves. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

DVD, region 1, dual layer, widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital.

English or dubbed French dialogue, with optional English or French subtitles; closed-captioned.

Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Allen Covert, Erick Avari, John Turturro.

Director of photography, Peter Lyons Collister ; editor, Jeff Gourson ; music, Teddy Castellucci ; costume designer, Ellen Lutter ; production designer, Perry Andelin Blake.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002.

Based on the story "Opera hat" by Clarence Budington Kelland.

Widescreen 1.85:1.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for language including sexual references and some rear nudity.

Small-town guy Longfellow Deeds goes to New York City to collect a $40 billion inheritance from a long lost uncle, even living in a palatial mansion with the services of an unusual valet. Things get better when he mets a beautiful woman. But money changes everything, and things aren't what they seem - his sweetie is actually a journalist feeding reports of his outrageous behavior to the press! Now, its up to Deeds to straighten everybody out.

Special features: director and writer commentary; deleted scenes; "Clothes make the man" featurette; "From Mandrake Falls to Manhattan" featurette; "Spare no expense" featurette; Deeds' greeting cards; outtake reel; music video: "Where are you going" by Dave Matthews Band; DVD-ROM and weblinks; filmographies; theatrical trailers.

For private home use only, no Public performances or copying allowed.

Music video: Where are you going? / Dave Mathews Band.

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