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Synopsis
Two of the screen's most popular comic actors meet in this movie about two men brought together by unexpected circumstances. On the surface, Jack Lawrence (Billy Crystal) and Dale Putley (Robin Williams) wouldn't appear to have much in common. Jack is an efficient, serious-minded lawyer with a successful practice and a beautiful wife, Carrie (Julia-Louis Dreyfus). Dale is a very single performance artist given to dramatic mood swings and extreme overreaction to the sad state of his career. However, 17 years ago both men were involved with the same woman, Collette Andrews (Nastassja Kinski); she later had a son, Scott (Charlie Hofheimer), without being sure if Jack or Dale was actually the father. Collette chose to raise the boy on her own, but when Scott runs away from home and she can't track him down, she calls both Jack and Dale looking for help. It doesn't take long for the two men to discover that they're both looking for the same boy in the same places, and they decide to join forces, though their personalities don't get much more compatible the longer they hunt for Scott. Keep an eye peeled for a brief cameo by Mel Gibson and an appearance by the rock band Sugar Ray, shortly before their commercial breakthrough. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Bruce Greenwood Bob Andrews
Nastassja Kinski Collette Andrews
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Carrie Lawrence
Billy Crystal Jack Lawrence
Robin Williams Dale Putley
Charlie Hofheimer Scott Andrews

Production Crew

Daniel Dorrance Art Director
Sheldon Kahn Associate Producer
Bonnie Timmermann Casting
Michael Chinich Casting
Stephen H. Burum Cinematographer
Gordon A. Webb Co-producer
Karyn Fields Co-producer
James Newton Howard Composer (Music Score)
Rita Ryack Costume Designer
Ivan Reitman Director
Sheldon Kahn Editor
Wendy Greene Bricmont Editor
Daniel Goldberg Executive Producer
Francis Veber Executive Producer
Joe Medjuck Executive Producer
Albert M. Shapiro First Assistant Director
Ivan Reitman Producer
Joel Silver Producer
Thomas Sanders Production Designer
Babaloo Mandel Screenwriter
Lowell Ganz Screenwriter
Joel Kramer Second Unit Director
Lauri Gaffin Set Designer
Clark King Sound/Sound Designer
Gene S. Cantamessa Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1997
Runtime: 98
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
for some sex-related humor and drug references
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy

Sound
Dolby Digital
DTS
SDDS

Produced by
Northern Lights
Silver Pictures
Warner Brothers