A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.A star bowler whose career was prematurely "cut off" hopes to ride a new prodigy to success and riches.
Daniel Greene
- Calvert Munson
- (as Danny Green)
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- TriviaPeter Farrelly called the film's box-office failure the biggest disappointment of their career, attributing the failure to its release during the 1996 Olympics. Farrelly said that it was crushing. However, he said that six to eight months later, when the film was released on home video, it became a big hit.
- GoofsIn Reno tournament Big Ern crosses foul line and throws a strike. In tournament play that would count as a zero and the pins would be reset.
- Quotes
Roy: Morning! I hope you don't mind, I got up a little early, so I took the liberty of milking your cow for you. Yeah, it took a little while to get her warmed up, she sure is a stubborn one. Then, POW, all at once.
[Takes a drink from the bucket]
Mr. Boorg: We don't have a cow. We have a bull.
Roy: I'll brush my teeth.
- Crazy creditsThe Blues Traveler dressed as Amish performing in the final credits.
- Alternate versionsDVD version is rated R and includes some raunchier footage not included in the original PG-13 theatrical version.
Featured review
Really laugh-out-loud funny
I went to see There's Something About Mary and liked it so much that I decided to rent Kingpin for the hell of it. I'll probably get into some heat for saying this, but, I actually liked this one more than Mary. Harrelson, Quaid, Murray, etc. are all funnier than Dillon or Diaz or even Stiller, I think they have a lot more comedic talent than any of Mary's various players. Don't get me wrong though, I liked Mary, I just loved Kingpin. It's a shame that Mary turned out to be the money maker and almost no one's ever heard of this one. I hope that when people go see Mary, they'll do their research on the Farrelly brothers and check this one out. I just have one request to the brothers for their next film, don't hire that Chris Elliot guy, he just really sucks.
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- Oct 25, 1998
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Box office
- Budget
- $27,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $25,023,434
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,582,079
- Jul 28, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $25,023,434
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