Dumb and Dumber
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Short description
Dumb and Dumber follows Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne, two friends of remarkable dimness who share a rundown apartment and scrape by on odd jobs. Lloyd drives a limousine, Harry works as a dog groomer, and both dream of opening a shop together. When Lloyd chauffeurs the wealthy Mary Swanson to the airport, she leaves a briefcase behind. Eager to return it, he and Harry set off across the country, unaware that the case holds ransom money meant for the men who have abducted Mary's husband. Their road trip becomes a series of mishaps as they close in on Mary and on trouble neither of them understands.
The 1994 comedy was the first film directed by Peter Farrelly, who wrote the screenplay with his brother Bobby Farrelly and Bennett Yellin. Jim Carrey plays Lloyd opposite Jeff Daniels as Harry, with Lauren Holly as Mary, Teri Garr, Charles Rocket and Karen Duffy in supporting roles. The production, mounted by Motion Picture Corporation of America and New Line Cinema, cost about 16 million dollars and returned roughly 247 million dollars worldwide, a large multiple of its budget. On IMDb the film holds 7.3 out of 10 from about 442,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6.7 from nearly 7,000. A critics' rating of 6.4 from 53 reviews places it below the IMDb audience score and slightly under the TMDB figure. Farrelly went on to direct Kingpin two years later.
What's left behind the scenes
- Both main characters were named after the famous silent film comedian Harold Lloyd.
- A poster for the film '10' is hanging on the wall in the main characters' home.
- When the heroes are driving in a car with Joe Mentalino, Lloyd performs "the most annoying sound in the world." This gag was not originally in the script; it is pure improvisation by Jim Carrey.
- In Aspen, the heroes drive a Lamborghini Diablo. A branch of the Lamborghini company is located in this city.
- Besides Jim Carrey, other well-known actors such as Steve Martin and Martin Short also auditioned for the role of Lloyd Christmas.
- The full version of the film has a runtime of 113 minutes.
- There is an alternative ending to the film. In it, the hotel manager, where the main characters stayed, offers Lloyd and Harry to work as nannies for his little grandson. The grandson turns out to be the blind boy to whom Lloyd sold a dead parrot at the beginning of the film. An ending where Lloyd and Harry agree to go with the bikini girls was also considered, but Carrey refused.
- At the 10-minute mark of the film, when Lloyd is trying to get rid of the airbag, you can notice that the steering wheel is not damaged, even though the airbag should have deployed from it.
- In the airport, in the background, you can hear the voice of the dispatcher: "The white zone is for loading and unloading passengers only, no parking in the white zone." This is a reference to the cult comedy "Airplane!", where the terminal announcer says exactly this phrase.
- On the walls of the gas station restroom, among many inscriptions, you can make out "Bye Bye William Frawley." This is a reference to the famous American actor.
- At a roadside cafe, the heroes trick one of the truck drivers into paying their bill. Then, while they are driving in the car, Harry asks Lloyd how he came up with the idea. Lloyd replies that he saw a similar trick in a movie. This is a reference to the film 'Wild Hogs,' in which Jeff Daniels' character does the same thing to Ray Liotta's character.
- Leaving the Aspen bar, Lloyd notices a clipping from an old newspaper on the wall and exclaims: "No way... that's crazy. We've landed on the Moon!". This joke wasn't in the script; Jim Carrey came up with it himself during filming.
- When Nicholas "shot" Harry, you can notice that he ran out of bullets (the bolt locked back). Then he threatens Lloyd with an empty gun, and a second later, when Harry gets up, Nicholas already has a loaded gun.
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