You, Me and Dupree
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 You, Me and Dupree film poster |
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| Directed by | Anthony Russo Joe Russo |
| Produced by | Mary Parent Scott Stuber Owen Wilson |
| Written by | Mike LeSieur |
| Starring | Owen Wilson Matt Dillon Kate Hudson Michael Douglas |
| Music by | Theodore Shapiro |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Release date(s) | July 14, 2006 |
| Running time | 109 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $54 million |
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You, Me and Dupree is a comedy film released on July 14, 2006. It is directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, written by Mike LeSieur, and produced by Mary Parent, Scott Stuber, and Owen Wilson. It is distributed by Universal Studios.
The film revolves around newlyweds Carl and Molly Peterson (Matt Dillon and Kate Hudson), inviting the best man of their wedding, Randolph Dupree (Wilson), to move in with them, after he has lost his job and apartment. But Dupree inevitably overstays his welcome.
- Tagline: Two's company. Dupree's a crowd.
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[edit] Plot
Molly (Kate Hudson) and Carl (Matt Dillon) are preparing for their wedding day in Hawaii, until Carl's friend Neil (Seth Rogen) interrupts to say that Dupree (Owen Wilson) got lost. They drive off together to pick up Dupree, who appeared to have hitched a ride with a light plane after landing on the wrong island. Before the wedding day comes around, and as Molly's father (who is the CEO of the company Carl works for) makes a toast, he makes humorous remarks at the expense of Carl, hinting at possible conflict between the two. Later at a pre-celebration at a bar, Carl neglects Dupree to be with Molly whilst he is about to perform a drinking tradition. Carl and Dupree later make up on the beach, as Dupree apologizes for laughing at Molly's father's jokes, and tells Carl that he has "Carlness." At the wedding, Dupree shows up with a little badge with a lighting bolt with the letters "BM" (best man). Carl and Molly get married and move into their new house, opening gifts, and recording their answering machine message. When Carl returns to work, at Molly's father's Thompson Land Development, he is surprised to find that Mr. Thompson has promoted him to be in charge of a design he proposed, though it had been altered some what. Eventually, the relationship between the two of them becomes tense as Carl finds he's being pigeonholed by his new father-in-law. Mr. Thompson makes absurd requests which proceed to get worse, starting with Thompson's drastic reimagining of Carl's new architecture project, requesting that Carl take the Thompson name instead and that Carl get a vasectomy to prevent childbearing later on.
Before returning home to celebrate his promotion with Molly, Carl stops by the bar, where he finds Neil and Dupree. After Neil leaves due to his wife's curfew, Dupree reveals that he was fired, as he apparently did not have clearance to attend the wedding, subsequently falling behind in his rent and evicted. Losing his car also, as it was the company's, Dupree had been sleeping in a cot at the bar. Carl takes Dupree home, asking Molly if he can stay for a little while until he gets back on his feet. Molly is polite, though clearly frustrated, as Dupree brings in all his belongings, including a moose head. The next morning Molly and Carl find Dupree, sleeping naked, on their new couch.
During his stay, Dupree makes a little effort to find employment, but in a job interview he says that he is not a workhorse and wants to work to live, not live to work.
He is disruptive and messy, flooding the bathroom, and walking in on Molly and Carl in the bedroom. Molly sets up Dupree with a woman at her work, a primary school, who is a librarian. Dupree agrees, though Molly is shocked to find them together when she opens her front door coming home from dinner. Romantic candles burn down the front of the living room and Dupree is evicted, later it is discovered Dupree used butter to lubricate his penis while having sex with his date.
Meanwhile Carl is being continually stressed out from work, though he and Molly find time to go out for dinner. On the way back they find Dupree sitting on a bench in heavy rain with his belongings. Molly insists they take him back in. Carl makes it known that Dupree must behave this time. The next day, Dupree makes amends, refurbishing the living room, and doing Carls' thank-you letters, as well as making friends with kids from the block. Carl asks Dupree to go to career day at Molly's work as he got tied up at his work. Dupree fills in, even managing to inspire the kids, pleasing Molly. That night Dupree cooks a large dinner for Molly, though Carl is late again, so Molly and Dupree start without him. When Carl finally shows up, he is a little jealous that they were having dinner together, and have a fight.
The next night Dupree masturbates to pornography that Carl hides from Molly. Molly comes down and discovers what he's doing and is completely shocked. Carl wakes up and is concerned about Molly discovering his collection. She does and is now angry at Carl. Under her pressure, Carl throws it away. Neil hears of this and is somewhat shocked. He comes and collects the collection of pornography from the trash can.
Carl kicks Dupree out, suspecting an affair, which shocks Dupree. The following night, Mr. Thompson is over for dinner, and Dupree is found outside after he fell off the roof, and is invited in for dinner, much to the displeasure of Carl. After Mr. Thompson takes a liking to Dupree (primarily to irritate Carl which Molly senses), it enrages Carl, who jumps across the table and strangles Dupree. After returning from the hospital with a neck brace and Molly confronts Mr. Thompson about what he really thinks of his new son-in-law, Carl had left. The next morning Dupree gets all the local kids to search for Carl. Dupree eventually finds Carl in the bar, and convinces him to chase after Molly, after Carl realises how much she really means to him. Dupree helps Carl break in to Mr. Thompson's office, as Dupree distracts Paco, the security guard, whilst Carl marches into his father-in-law's office and confronts him. The two finally reach an understanding and Thompson admits to his agenda of insulting Carl. Dupree, being chased by the security guard, falls through the roof, landing on the table. Dupree and Carl return to the house, where Carl and Molly reunite, Carl apologizing, and agree to work it all out. Dupree jumps for joy.
Dupree becomes an author and a motivational speaker.
[edit] MPAA Rating
PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity, crude humor, language and a drug reference.
[edit] Release dates
- USA & Canada: 14 July 2006
- Australia & New Zealand: 27 July 2006
- Netherlands: 10 August 2006
- Belgium: 23 August 2006
- France: 23 August 2006
- Iceland: 25 August 2006
- UK: 25 August 2006
- Argentina: 31 August 2006
- Portugal: 31 August 2006
- Mexico: 1 September 2006
- Hungary: 7 September 2006
- Brazil: 15 September 2006
- Germany: 21 September 2006
- Romania: 29 September 2006
- Paraguay: 10 November 2006
[edit] Cast
| Actor/Actress | Role |
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| Owen Wilson | Randolph Dupree |
| Matt Dillon | Carl Peterson |
| Kate Hudson | Molly Thompson Peterson |
| Michael Douglas | Mr. Bob Thompson |
| Seth Rogen | Neil |
| Ralph Ting | Toshi |
| Sidney S. Liufau | Paco |
[edit] Reaction
The film holds a 22% rating on the popular film review site Rotten Tomatoes, and most critical reactions have been negative.
[edit] Box office
As of November 12, 2006, the film has grossed a total of $75,628,110 in the United States box office. It has also grossed $50,485,853 in the foreign market for a total of $126,113,963 worldwide.
[edit] Production costs
The films' production budget totalled $54 million.[1]
[edit] Controversy
The band Steely Dan have publicly stated their belief that the plot of the film is taken from their song "Cousin Dupree." In a 10 paragraph letter to Luke Wilson "typed" on hotel stationery that they posted on their website[2], the band requested that Owen Wilson to come on stage at one of their shows to make a public apology for the movie, also promising to throw in some free Steely Dan T-shirts and perhaps keyrings or coffee mugs for his trouble.[3] Owen Wilson took the letter as tongue-in-cheek and responded in kind with a statement that he did not know a "Mr. Steely Dan", and that his next movie would be titled HEY 19 (a play on Steely Dan's hit song "Hey Nineteen").[4] Critics of Steely Dan's actions have pointed out that, outside of the name "Dupree," the movie has nothing to do with the song. The Dupree MySpace lists two other songs featuring someone named Dupree, "Dupree's Diamond Blues" by The Grateful Dead and "Dupree's Paradise" by Frank Zappa, both of which predate the Steely Dan song.
[edit] Trivia
Composer Rolfe Kent scored the film, and at the very last minute - a mere week before the press screenings - his score was replaced by one written by Theodore Shapiro.
[edit] References
- ^ "You, Me and Dupree" (2006-08-03). Retrieved on 2006-08-03.
- ^ Walter Becker and Donald Fagen (2006-07-17). "Open letter to the great comic actor, Luke Wilson". Retrieved on 2006-07-26.
- ^ "Steely Dan to Owen Wilson: You did us wrong", Associated Press, 2006-07-26. Retrieved on 2006-07-26.
- ^ "Owen Wilson Says 'Dupree' Is No Rip-Off", Associated Press, 2006-07-28. Retrieved on 2006-07-28.
