Guess Who (film)

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Guess Who

Directed by	Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Produced by	Joseph M. Caracciolo
Written by	William Rose David Ronn
Starring	Bernie Mac Ashton Kutcher Zoë Saldaña Hal Williams
Distributed by	Sony Pictures (USA) 20th Century Fox (non-USA)
Release date(s)	March 25, 2005
Running time	106 min.
Language	English
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Guess Who is a 2005 comedy film, directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. It is a loose remake of the award-winning 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

The majority of the movie was filmed in Cranford, New Jersey.

1 Plot summary
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

When Teresa (Zaldana) brings her boyfriend home, everyone is surprised to see that he's white. Her father (Mac) immediately dislikes him and tries to find something that's wrong with him. This is when the troubles begin

[edit] Cast

Bernie Mac as Percy Jones
Ashton Kutcher as Simon Green
Zoë Saldaña as Theresa Jones
Judith Scott as Marilyn Jones
Kellee Stewart as Keisha Jones
Hal Williams as Howard Jones
Robert Curtis Brown as Dante
RonReaco Lee as Reggie
Paula Newsome as Darlene
Phil Reeves as Fred

[edit] Trivia

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The scene with a black taxi driver being mistaken for the fiance was also used in the 90s TV show The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.
In some Spanish-speaking countries, the film was entitled "Conquistando a mi Suegro" ("Conquering My father-in-law"). In Spain 'Adivina quien'.(Guess who)
Kevin Rodney Sullivan said that he signed on to the movie because he has a daughter who he thought might someday start dating a Samoan rock-drummer type, and doing this project would enable him to work out his issues before that day came.
Ashton Kutcher suggested during pre-production that Simon Green should be Jewish, to add another level to his conflict with Percy Jones (who is Christian), but director Sullivan nixed that idea because he wanted to focus on the interracial-dating issue and not bring an interfaith element in it.
Both Mac and Kutcher starred in successful sitcoms on the Fox network: Mac was on The Bernie Mac Show, Kutcher was on That 70s Show.
Ashton Kutcher refused to take off his Kabbalah bracelet during shooting, $100,000 was spent to edit the bracelet out, however, in some shots, particularly the breakfast scene, it can clearly be seen.[1]
In beginning of the movie the cab makes a left turn on its way to Theresa's house. This shot takes place at the intersection of North Ave. and Walnut Ave. in Cranford, NJ, an intersection where left turns are illegal.
The scene where Ashton Kutcher and Zoe Saldana are talking about her first kiss is also featured in the Tom Hanks/Dan Aykroyd buddy comedy "Dragnet".