The Wrong Guy
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| The Wrong Guy | |
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 The Wrong Guy film poster |
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| Directed by | David Steinberg |
| Produced by | Jon Slan Janet E. Cuddy Martin Walters |
| Written by | Dave Foley David Anthony Higgins Jay Kogen |
| Starring | Dave Foley David Anthony Higgins Jennifer Tilly Joe Flaherty |
| Music by | Lawrence Shragge |
| Cinematography | David A. Makin |
| Editing by | Christopher Cooper |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Films |
| Release date(s) | August 1, 1997 |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Language | English |
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The Wrong Guy is a 1997 Canadian comedy film directed by David Steinberg. It was co-written by Dave Foley of The Kids in the Hall and Newsradio fame, along with David Anthony Higgins and Jay Kogen (the latter of The Simpsons writing fame). Foley also stars in the picture, along with David Anthony Higgins, Jennifer Tilly and Colm Feore. The film's tagline is "A fugitive in his own mind."
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[edit] Synopsis
The Wrong Guy tells the story of dorky executive Nelson Hibbert (Foley), who gets passed over for a promotion. Upon hearing this, he ends up shouting "I'll kill you!" as security drags him from the board room. Later, when he goes to confront his boss (Kenneth Welsh), he finds that the man has already been murdered, and, due to the scene he made earlier, assumes that he will be mistaken for the murderer. Nelson flees, unaware that security cameras have already revealed the identity of the true killer to the authorities. Nelson tries to escape to Mexico, but along the way he meets both someone he doesn't know is the real killer (Feore) and the murder's investigator, Detective Arlen (Higgins). Thanks to a series of strange coincidences that leads Nelson to believe the detective is after him and the killer to believe Nelson is after him, what follows is a bizarre series of misadventures marked with slapstick routines, constant one-liners, and a heavy dose of absurdism.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Dave Foley | Nelson Hibbert |
| David Anthony Higgins | Detective Arlen |
| Jennifer Tilly | Lynn Holden |
| Joe Flaherty | Fred Holden |
| Dan Redican | Ken Daly |
| Alan Scarfe | Farmer Brown |
| Kenneth Welsh | Mr. Nagel |
| Enrico Colantoni | Creepy Guy |
| Colm Feore | The Killer |
[edit] Trivia
- The members of Barenaked Ladies made cameos as singing policemen.
- During the scene where Dave Foley flips himself into a dumpster, he accidentally sprained his ankles, and shooting had to be postponed for 10 days.
