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 P. 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 first movie he ever walked out on in 25 years (Siskel stated several times that he did not like Farley and thought of him as a terrible actor).[1] 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."
Many scenes in the film were filmed in Buckley, Washington.
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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. Then, Al's campaign manager sends Mike and Steve to a cabin in the mountains where the mishaps come for both.
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- The electoral fraud revealed at the end had dead people on the voters list. This was used in Chicago in the mid 1900s and also in the Simpsons episode Sideshow Bob Roberts made two years before Blacksheep.
- 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 featuring Chris Farley and David Spade, the first being Coneheads and the second being Tommy Boy.
- Gene Siskel walked out of a theater during a screening of Black Sheep.
- Spade is very sensitive to light. The combination of bright lights on-set and working under sunlight while filming Black Sheep caused permanent damage to his eyes. On his condition: "I have to wear a hat even indoors and flashes in particular freak me out. I even have to make them turn down the lights in the make-up trailers. I've become such a pain in the butt with this light-sensitive thing, it's a wonder they don't just shoot me." [2]
- Grunge band Mudhoney appeared in the movie.
- Chris Farley performed all his own stunts in the film.
- The beat-up convertable Chris Farley drives is a 1969 Pontiac Bonneville
[edit] References
- ^ Ebert and Roeper
- ^ INTERVIEW: David Spade of "Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star. Cinema Confidential. 5 September 2003. Retrieved June 11, 2006.
