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Big Trouble  (2002)

Big Trouble
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
PG13
Theatrical Feature Running Time:
84 mins

Theatrical Release Information:
Big Trouble

Barry Sonnenfeld directs this kissing cousin of his own 1995 hit Get Shorty, a comic caper adapted by Robert Ramsey and Matthew Stone from the novel by newspaper humorist Dave Barry. When two New Jersey hitmen (Dennis Farina and Jack Kehler) show up in Miami to whack crooked businessman Arthur Herk (Stanley Tucci), they happen to creep into his backyard at the same time as Matt (Ben Foster), a high school kid with his own assassination plans. Only, Matt plans to use nothing heavier than a squirt gun on Jenny (Zooey Deschanel), Arthur's daughter, as part of a school-wide game of "killer." When the plans collide, mayhem ensues, and Matt's struggling ex-columnist dad (Tim Allen, loosely modeled on Barry), Arthur's bored wife (Rene Russo), and two confused police officers (Janeane Garofalo and Patrick Warburton) are also called to the scene. Shift to the next day and there's more craziness to follow. Two dimwitted petty criminals (Tom Sizemore and Johnny Knoxville) choose the exact moment Arthur is transacting a nuclear arms deal to hold up the dive bar where they're regulars, which is actually a front for the Russian mob. Soon the whole motley cast -- including an agreeable drifter (Jason Lee), a buxom maid (Sofia Vergara), and a pair of ruthless FBI agents (Heavy D and Omar Epps) -- are caught up in a hostage scenario in which the weapon accidentally gets brought aboard a hijacked plan. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide


Big Trouble Trivia

Who played Eliot Arnold in the movie Big Trouble?
Tim Allen played Eliot Arnold in the movie Big Trouble

Who played Anna Herk in the movie Big Trouble?
Rene Russo played Anna Herk in the movie Big Trouble

Who played Arthur Herk in the movie Big Trouble?
Stanley Tucci played Arthur Herk in the movie Big Trouble

Who played Snake Dupree in the movie Big Trouble?
Tom Sizemore played Snake Dupree in the movie Big Trouble

Who played Eddie Leadbetter in the movie Big Trouble?
Johnny Knoxville played Eddie Leadbetter in the movie Big Trouble

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