When a desperate movie producer fails to get a major star for his bargain-basement film, he decides to shoot the film secretly around him.When a desperate movie producer fails to get a major star for his bargain-basement film, he decides to shoot the film secretly around him.When a desperate movie producer fails to get a major star for his bargain-basement film, he decides to shoot the film secretly around him.
- Awards
- 6 nominations
- Sanchez
- (as Alejandro Patino)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEddie Murphy ad-libbed the line "You're doing great! You're going to be a star." in the scene where Daisy is topless.
- GoofsWhen reviewing a script with his agent at the beginning of the movie, Kit says that the letter K appears 1,456 times in the script, which is perfectly divisible by 3, meaning that KKK appears 486 times. 1,456 is not exactly divisible by 3. 1,458, however, is, and gives the stated division result of 486. This could be an intentional error to jokingly suggest that Kit has poor math skills.
- Quotes
Kit: White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played any of them slave roles, and get my ass whipped. That's how you get the nomination. A black dude who plays a slave that gets his ass whipped gets the nomination, a white guy who plays an idiot gets the Oscar. That's what I need, I need to play a retarded slave, then I'll get the Oscar.
- Crazy creditsAfter the last credits roll, Kit's line, "I saved the world! I saved it," can be heard.
- Alternate versionsThe "Deleted Scenes" on the Blu-ray/DVD releases contain:
- A much longer version of the "this script, this masterpiece" scene, in which a Martin monologue explains why an accountant would write a sci-fi script. His first script, about the exciting world of accounting, was rejected in favor of something that at least has aliens in it. The title is "Star Wars", but that will have to be changed.
- Another scene features the most advent-grade dry-cleaning place you'll ever see, explaining better the "Kit's dry cleaning" material later on.
- SoundtracksThere Is Always One More Time
Written by Kenneth W. Hirsh, Doc Pomus
Performed by Johnny Adams
Courtesy of Rounder Records
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
Plot In A Paragraph: Hollywood, today: Bobby Bowfinger (Steve Martin) a down on his luck actor-producer-director, has a script which a friend has written. Completely convinced of its quality, he decides to take a last shot at fame and fortune. A famous producer(Robert Downey Jr) promises him to do it, but there is one condition: Kit Ramsey (Eddie Murphy) Hollywood's number one star, has to be in it. So, Bobby tries his luck with Kit, who rejects him, so he then decides to shoot the film himself. Featuring an aspiring beauty from Ohio (Heather Graham) and Kit Ramsey - who does not even know he's being filmed.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Bowfinger's Big Thing
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $55,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $66,384,775
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $18,062,550
- Aug 15, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $98,625,775
- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1