Mr. Deeds

Mr Deeds
Mr Deeds
Directed by	Steven Brill
Screenplay by	Tim Herlihy
Story by	Clarence Budington Kelland
Produced by	Sid Ganis; Jack Giarraputo
Starring	Adam Sandler; Winona Ryder; Peter Gallagher; Jared Harris; Allen Covert; Erick Avari; John Turturro; Conchata Ferrell
Cinematography	Peter Lyons Collister
Music by	Teddy Castellucci
Production; companies	Happy Madison Productions; New Line Cinema
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (international); Warner Bros. Pictures (US)
Release date	June 28, 2002
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$171,269,535

Mr. Deeds is a 2002 American comedy movie. It was directed by Steven Brill and was produced by Sid Ganis and Jack Giarraputo. Mr. Deeds was released on June 28, 2002. The movie is a remake of the 1936 Frank Capra movie Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.

Reviews[change | change source]

The movie received negative reviews from critics and holds a 22% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.^[2] Mr. Deeds was nominated for three Razzie Awards. The movie was nominated for Worst Remake or Sequel, Adam Sandler was nominated for Worst Actor and Winona Ryder was nominated for Worst Actress.^[3]

Cast[change | change source]

Adam Sandler as Longfellow Deeds
Winona Ryder as Babe Bennett
John Turturro as Emilio Lopez
Allen Covert as Marty
Peter Gallagher as Chuck Cedar
Jared Harris as Mac McGrath
Erick Avari as Cecil Anderson
Rob Schneider (uncredited, in two brief scenes) as Nazo
Peter Dante as Murph
Conchata Ferrell as Jan
Harve Presnell as Preston Blake
Steve Buscemi as Crazy Eyes
Brandon Molale as Kevin Ward
Blake Clark as Buddy Ward
John McEnroe as himself
Radio Man as himself
Jennifer Tisdale as a Card Reader
Al Sharpton as himself
J.B. Smoove as Reuben
Walter Williamson as Kurt
Roark Crichlow as William
Billy St. John as George
George Wallace as NAACP administrator
Aloma Wright as Coretta Keeling

Production[change | change source]

Due to the September 11 attacks, the World Trade Center was digitally removed from the shots it appeared in.

Release dates[change | change source]

Country	Premiere
United States	28 June 2002
Brazil	5 July 2002
Austria	15 August 2002
Switzerland	15 August 2002 (German speaking region)
Germany	15 August 2002
Australia	22 August 2002
Mexico	6 September 2002
New Zealand	12 September 2002
Estonia	13 September 2002
Norway	13 September 2002
Israel	19 September 2002
Taiwan	20 September 2002
Egypt	25 September 2002
Hungary	26 September 2002
Iceland	27 September 2002
Portugal	27 September 2002
Sweden	27 September 2002
Greece	4 October 2002
Denmark	11 October 2002
Spain	31 October 2002
Hong Kong	31 October 2002
Slovakia	31 October 2002
United Kingdom	1 November 2002
Ireland	1 November 2002
South Korea	1 November 2002
South Africa	1 November 2002
Czech Republic	7 November 2002
Finland	8 November 2002
Turkey	8 November 2002
Peru	21 November 2002
Netherlands	28 November 2002
Poland	29 November 2002
Argentina	19 December 2002
France	8 January 2003
Belgium	22 January 2003
Italy	7 February 2003
Japan	15 February 2003
Kuwait	25 February 2003