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Kingpin

Kingpin

6.512

1996

114 min

Comedy

After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.

Kingpin

6.512

1996

114 min

Comedy

After bowler Roy Munson swindles the wrong crowd and is left with a hook for a hand, he settles into impoverished obscurity. That is, until he uncovers the next big thing: an Amish kid named Ishmael. So, the corrupt and the hopelessly naive hit the circuit intent on settling an old score with Big Ern.

Cast

Woody Harrelson

Roy Munson

Randy Quaid

Ishmael Boorg

Vanessa Angel

Claudia

Bill Murray

Ernie McCracken

Chris Elliott

The Gambler

William Jordan

Mr. Boorg

Nancy Frey-Jarecki

Sarah Boorg

Richard Tyson

Owner Of Stiffy's

Lin Shaye

Landlady

Zen Gesner

Thomas

Prudence Wright Holmes

Mrs. Boorg

Rob Moran

Stanley Osmanski

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

4 years ago

_Farrelly brothers bowling comedy with Harrelson, Quade, Vanessa Angel and Murray_ A former professional-class bowler (Woody Harrelson) discovers a childlike Amish prodigy in Pennsylvania (Randy Quade). While training him, they hook-up with the earstwhile girlfriend (Vanessa Angel) of a wealthy bowling enthusiast (Rob Moran) and head to a Tournament in Reno, Nevada, where they reaquaint with a conman and competitor (Bill Murray). "Kingpin" (1996) is a Farrelly brothers comedy marred by their usual distasteful elements, e.g. bathroom & sex humor. If you can get past that or roll with it, this is a decent story of redemption with some laughs augmented by the road-movie plot. The film runs 1 hour, 54 minutes, and was shot in Pennsylvania (Mars, Rochester & Pittsburgh), Nevada (Reno) and New York (Webster). GRADE: B-