Tutti pazzi per Mary

Titolo originale: There's Something About Mary
Regia: Bobby Farrelly | Peter Farrelly |
Anno: 1998
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Romance Commedia
Tag: surgeon | romcom | stalker | dream girl | taboo | screwball comedy | frisbee | troubadour | intellectual disability |
Cast: Cameron Diaz | Matt Dillon | Ben Stiller | Lee Evans | Chris Elliott | Lin Shaye | Jeffrey Tambor | Markie Post | Keith David | W. Earl Brown | Sarah Silverman | Khandi Alexander | Marnie Alexenburg | Danny Murphy | Richard Tyson | Rob Moran | Jackie Flynn | Hillary Matthews | Willie Garson | David Shackelford | David Goryl | Lori Brener | Jeffrey P. Lerner | Cory Pendergast | Brett Favre | Warren Tashjian | Kelly Roarke | Herbie Flynn | Caryl Lippman West | Ken Rogerson | Brad Blank | Steve Sweeney | Cindy Oliver | Will Coogan | Steve Tyler | Maureen Griffin | Mariann Farrelly | Jonathan Richman | Tommy Larkins | Lenny Clarke | Daniel Greene | Michael Budge | James Gifford | Sean Gildea | Zen Gesner | Tracy Anne George | Jesse Farrelly | Abe Farrelly | Zack Lee | Valerie Bruce | Kelly O'Brien | Mike Charpentier | Peter Grundy | Michael 'The Cannon' Gannon | Peter Conway | Ann Conway | Susan O'Day | Heather Rosbeck | Jack Shields | Fallon Shields | Bob Grundy | Nancy Farrelly | Bill Beauchene | Kathy Beauchene | Manny Barrows | Max Murphy | Sheila Mone | Barbara O'Connor | Tim Sheehan | Richie Balsbaugh | Jim Blake | Tim Robbie | Providence Wissel | Ruth Michelle Meyer | Billy Meyer | Brian McGlaughlin | Brian Mone | John Stroehman | Pete Anicelli | Duana Knight | Kelley Schneider | Meda Thomas | Jeanie Flynn | Kevin Civale | Tom Leasca | Mercy Lopez | Michael Cheney | Scott Rosenberg | George Bedard | Terry Mullany | Rick Coleman | Michael Burke | Kris Meyer | Emilio Diaz | Billy Smith | Ed Nelson | Brian Stuebe | Don Daley | Clem Franek | Julia Hissom | James 'Sporty' Ahern | Robin Gau | Paul Pelletier | Monique Pelletier | Jon Mone | Nicholas Greenbury | Andrew Greenbury | Phil Rosenberg | John-Eliot Jordan | John Adamonis | Kyle Adamonis | Neil Pomfret | Ruth Pomfret | Josh Miller | Richard Fitzpatrick | Deborah Smith Ford | James Gaiero | Paul Homza | Richard Jenkins | Don Julio | Rick Michaels | Cord Newman | Al Quinn | Jevon White | Harland Williams |

Nel 1998 Ted (B. Stiller) non ha ancora dimenticato Mary (C. Diaz), la più bella del liceo a Rhode Island che nel 1985 l'aveva scelto come accompagnatore al ballo di fine anno. La ricerca, la trova a Miami, ma deve misurarsi con uno stuolo di suoi corteggiatori tra cui il più pericoloso è l'infido Pat (M. Dillon), l'investigatore da lui assoldato per rintracciarla.

Approfondimenti

The names Ted (Ben Stiller) and Healy (Matt Dillon) combined make Ted Healy, who was one of the orig [...] D
Bobby Farrelly called this movie "a cross between Harry, ti presento Sally... (1989) and Mezzogiorno [...] D
(at around 18 mins) Dropping Ted on the stretcher wasn't scripted. When it happened, they cut to mak [...] D
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006. D
Ben Stiller and Jeffrey Tambor previously appeared in the movie Pesi massimi (1995). D
The studio was initially reluctant to allow Ben Stiller - the Farrelly Brothers' first choice - to s [...] D
This is Ben Stiller's favorite movie of his own. D
(at around 57 mins) One detective in the scene at the police station with Ben Stiller says, "I'm Det [...] D
(at around 30 mins) Although the identity of Brett Favre as Mary's previous boyfriend "Brett" is kep [...] D
Football player Steve Young was originally was cast to play Mary's boyfriend, he declined due to the [...] D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the Top 100 Funniest American Movies. D
Second film directed by the Farrelly brothers after Kingpin (1996) in which Jim Carrey isn't the mai [...] D
Although they play former high school classmates, Cameron Diaz is seven years younger than Ben Still [...] D
The Farrellys said that Harland Williams was "impossible to direct." According to Bobby Farrelly, "W [...] D
The opening scenes of the film are set in Cumberland, Rhode Island. This is an actual town in Rhode [...] D
Bill Murray was originally considered for Pat Healy, but the Farrellys thought he was too old for th [...] D
Chris Farley was considered for the part of Warren. He later died during the time this film was bein [...] D
Norm/Tucker's car is a 1985 Chevrolet Chevette. D
Jon Stewart auditioned to play Ted. D
There were at least six fake Puffy dolls used in the movie. D
The dedication at the end of the film is to Ryan Mone who was a young hockey player from Martha's Vi [...] D
(at around 1h 45 mins) There is a very subtle scene near the end of the movie where Ted removes one [...] D
When Tucker (Norm) is describing Pat Healy's fake arrest record he refers to murders in Utah and Was [...] D
Matt Dillon (Pat Healy) is 7 days older than Lee Evans (Tucker/Norm) in real life. Both were born th [...] D
Woogie's gross facial warts and the shoe fetish were the ideas of Chris Elliott. D
First Ben Stiller film with a character name Norm under the fake name Tucker (Lee Evans). Second fil [...] D
The scene with the homosexuals is staged in a South Carolina Rest Stop (with South Carolina trooper [...] D
Ben Stiller and Matt Dillon are both left-handed. D
On The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), Cameron Diaz admitted to being the dead body inside the ba [...] D
The uncredited psychiatrist, played by Richard Jenkins, is a resident of Cumberland, RI, which was w [...] D
Mary talks about how she is a fan of the S.F. 49ers and Steve Young. In 1986 when Mary was in high s [...] D
Matt Dillon's dad is a golf coach. According to the Farrellys, despite that, he was a pretty poor pl [...] D
(at around 43 mins) The woman asking about class actions is Bobby Farrelly's wife Nancy. D
W. Earl Brown said that once he figured out Warren's walk, the character grew from there. D
While filming in Miami, Cameron Diaz and Matt Dillon had steaks at a local restaurant, then went out [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die," edited by Steven Schneider. D
The original cut ran to three and a half hours. D
The premiere party was set up like an '80s prom. D
The character "Patrick Healy" is also the name of an associate producer involved with this film (Pat [...] D
Drew Bledsoe and Steve Young were originally offered the role of Mary's NFL ex-boyfriend that eventu [...] D
The Farrellys compared this to the end of a mystery film, when the suspects gather to find out whodu [...] D
This was one of two movies in which Matt Dillon appeared in 1998 where the setting was in South Flor [...] D
Ted's car was a 1987 Chevrolet Caprice Estate; he later drives a 1989 Toyota Tercel DX [EL31]. D
Football star Steve Young was originally supposed to play the part of Mary's secret love. However, a [...] D
Matt Dillon and Cameron Diaz were dating in real life during filming. D
In the Farrellys' Scemo & più scemo (1994), the main characters also fight over a woman named Mar [...] D
The waterfront house in which Mary lives in Miami was destroyed in 2008 by a construction accident t [...] D
After the financial losses suffered from Kingpin (1996), the Farrely brothers thought their next fil [...] D
The Neary Center is named after the Farrellys' mom, whose maiden name is Neary. D
Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 top 1 [...] D
Teds surname is a reference to the famous bakery Stroehmann Bakeries, L.C. Company which is located [...] D
(at around 1h 50 mins) The line about Ted mis-pronouncing Brett Favre's last name as "fav-ruh" was w [...] D
According to Bobby Farrelly, the scene where Ted accidentally gets his scrotum stuck in his pants fl [...] D
Cameron Diaz visited her old high school to remind herself how to act like a teenage girl. D
The high school scene in the beginning was shot at Plantation's City Hall in Florida. Upon seeing a [...] D
Puffy is played by a dog named Slammer, who is really a girl. D
Cameron Diaz was always the number one choice to play Mary. The filmmakers thought she was the perfe [...] D
According to Peter Farrelly, Cameron Diaz had a better swing than the golfer hired to stand in for h [...] D
(at around 1h 30 mins) Warren gets beaned while in the batting cage and gets his left eye blackened. [...] D
Matt Dillon was pretty new to comedy. He said, "It can be difficult because there's a lot of timing [...] D
Lee Evans's English accent in the movie was characterized by a film critic as "quite possibly the wo [...] D
Brett Favre came up with the "I'm in town to play the Dolphins, you dumbass" line after being unsati [...] D
(at around 56 mins) Pat Healy says to Mary, "I just wish they made movies like they used to make. Yo [...] D
Brett Favre's scene was filmed just 2 weeks after playing in Super Bowl 32. The San Francisco 49ers [...] D
Mary drives a 1998 Dodge Durango SLT. D
In the final scene when Mary chooses Ted above all the other guys, he asks her "what about Brett Fav [...] D
Many of the extras in the background are friends of the Farrelly Brothers. D
On set, Chris Elliott shared a trailer with the dog that plays Puffy. D
(at around 54 mins) When Ted goes out to pee after talking with the hitchhiker, he encounters many h [...] D
Healy's car is a 1981 Chevrolet Caprice Classic, 1990 Chrysler LeBaron Convertible. D
Jim Carrey was considered for the role of Ted. He previously worked with Cameron Diaz in The Mask - [...] D
Mary's stepdad is based on the Farrellys' father, who would always pull pranks on their sister's dat [...] D
(at around 1h 27 mins) The dialogue between Mary and Ted about how there aren't enough meats on stic [...] D
(at around 1h 50 mins) The reporter in the closing credits speaking to chest-holding Ted is from Pro [...] D
(at around 49 mins) Healy is correct when he identifies the building model as Art Deco. D
(at around 1h 35 mins) Ted brings Warren a baseball autographed by Tony Conigliaro. Conigliaro playe [...] D
The idea for the movie came from the writers seeing an aerobics instructor changing in her window. T [...] D
W. Earl Brown (Warren) & Lin Shaye (Magda) co-starred previously in Nightmare - Nuovo incubo (1994). D
Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkins performed together in Kingpin (1996), which was also directed by [...] D
Cameron Diaz and Lin Shaye were mooned by one of the Farrelly brothers during the filming of the sce [...] D
(at around 12 mins) The "can of whoop ass" line was improvised by Keith David, who ad-libbed most of [...] D
The hotel where Ted stays in Miami, the Cardozo, is a real hotel, owned by Gloria Estefan. D
There was an entire sub-plot involving Healy's friend, Sulley (Jeffrey Tambor) that was cut from the [...] D
(at around 1h 4 mins) Cameron Diaz's father was on set during filming, so the Farrellys decided to t [...] D
Warren is based on the Farrellys' neighbor, Warren Tashjian. He has a cameo later in the movie. D
The film's original ending had Ted getting hit by a bus right after Mary chooses him over her other [...] D
(at around 1h 27 mins) Docky and his wife are played by the Farrellys' parents. Docky is their dad's [...] D
(at around 1h 30 mins) Ben Stiller hit his head for real on the chair leg in the scene which Puffy g [...] D
Italian censorship visa # 92947 delivered on 13 October 1998. D