Black Sheep (1996 film)
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| Directed by | Penelope Spheeris |
| Produced by | Lorne Michaels |
| Written by | Fred Wolf |
| Starring | Chris Farley David Spade Gary Busey Tim Matheson |
| Release date(s) | February 2, 1996(USA) |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Black Sheep is a 1996 comedy film, directed by Penelope Spheeris (Wayne's World) and starring the comedy duo Chris Farley and David Spade. The film portrays a political contest in which the candidate deals with unwanted and incompetent help from his brother. Co-starring are Tim Matheson, Christine Ebersole, and Gary Busey. Chris Owen and Fred Wolf have cameo appearances, and Farley's real-life brothers Kevin Farley and John Farley appear as bouncers.
This is the last film that David Spade and Chris Farley co-starred in and is often unfavorably compared to the 1995 film Tommy Boy. In fact, famed film critic Gene Siskel stated that Black Sheep was the only movie he ever walked out on. In both films, Farley plays the lovable doofus and Spade plays his wise-cracking acquaintance. In one of his Spade in America sketches on Saturday Night Live, Spade (with the help of Teri Hatcher) made fun of Black Sheep, saying, "maybe you saw it the first time, when it was called Tommy Boy."
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[edit] Plot
Mike Donnelly (Farley) is the doltish younger brother of Al Donnelly (Tim Matheson), running for governor of Washington state. Mike, however, can't seem to do anything without causing a huge mishap, jeopardizing his brother's chances of winning. Al assigns campaign advisor Steve Dodds (a name parody of Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs played by Spade) to chaperone Mike until the election is over.
[edit] Trivia
This was the first film since Animal House to star both Tim Matheson and Bruce McGill, both members of the infamous Delta house.
This is the third film starring Chris Farley and David Spade, the first being Coneheads and the second being Tommy Boy
[edit] Memorable Quotes
- Mike: "Kill Whitey!!"
- Mike: "I'm just dandy. I got a bowl of chocolate pudding in my underpants." Steve: "We didn't have any pudding in there, buddy."
- Mike: "It's kind of easy to win when you NEVER MOVE YOUR BACK ROW!!!"
- Steve: "What is that?" Mike: "It's Ozzy Osbourne."
- Steve: "Die! Die! Die!"
- Mike: "Aah! Snakes!"
- Steve: "I'm gonna go take a squeege."
- Al: "Just stay outta the way! Okay?"
- Steve: "Ro-ads! Roods!"
- Mike: "Meoff. Jack."
- Mike: "Boy, I feel like a horse's patoot."
- Drake: "I'm not that far from draggin' you outta the car and beatin' you to dust."
- Drake: "I can go to your mommas house and start a small fire in her panties"
- Drake: "I can splatter your cortex or explode your heart, which sounds quicker?"
- Gov. Tracy: "are you done stirring that drink, or is this some kind of fucking science experiment?"
- Mike: We've all been screwed by Govnenor Tracy and now I'm gonna screw her!
