senseless

• Director: Penelope Spheeris
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Fantasy Comedy
• Themes: Experiments Gone Awry, Fish Out of Water
• Main Cast: Marlon Wayans, David Spade, Matthew Lillard, Brad Dourif, Tamara Taylor
• Release Year: 1998
• Country: US
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

Penelope Spheeris directed this Marlon Wayans comedy, scripted by the Rocket Man team of Greg Erb and Craig Mazin. Saddled with several on and off-campus jobs, hard-working college student Darryl Witherspoon (Marlon Wayans) is aiming for a position with the Smythe-Bates brokerage firm, but twit Scott Thorpe has the right resumé and connections. A frat failure, Darryl also doesn't score at ice hockey. For extra cash, Darryl becomes a test subject for an experimental drug that heightens the senses by five times. The initial effect is a rectal irritation, but then Darryl finds his enhanced hearing enables him to pick up distant conversations, and his upgraded coordination improves his hockey game. However, an overdose literally leaves Darryl senseless, as he discovers only four of his five senses operative at any given time. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Marlon Wayans - Darryl Witherspoon
• David Spade - Scott Thorpe
• Matthew Lillard - Tim LaFlor
• Brad Dourif - Dr. Wheedon
• Tamara Taylor - Janice

Rip Torn - Randall Tyson; Richard McGonagle - Robert Bellweather; Esther Scott - Denise Witherspoon; Ken Lerner - Dean Barlow; Kenya Moore - Lorraine; Ernie Lively - Coach Brandau; Debra Jo Rupp - Denise Witherspoon; Vicellous Shannon - Carter; Michael D. Weatherred - Kern

Credit

Ann Harris - Art Director, Terry Austin - Associate Producer, Scott Wilder - Associate Producer, Mike Karz - Associate Producer, Junie Lowry-Johnson - Casting, Peter Safran - Co-producer, Albert Beveridge - Co-producer, Betsy Cox - Costume Designer, Tom Davies - First Assistant Director, Penelope Spheeris - Director, Ross Albert - Editor, Don Carmody - Executive Producer, Bob Weinstein - Executive Producer, Harvey Weinstein - Executive Producer, Eric L. Gold - Executive Producer, Cary Granat - Executive Producer, Yello - Composer (Music Score), Stephen E. Smith - Musical Direction/Supervision, Peter Jamison - Production Designer, Daryn Okada - Cinematographer, David Hoberman - Producer, Linda Spheeris - Set Designer, R. Scott Hebertson - Set Designer, Susumu Tokunow - Sound/Sound Designer, Jake Jacobson - Unit Production Manager, Greg Erb - Screenwriter, Craig Mazin - Screenwriter, Jamie Thompson - Second Unit Director Of Photography

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adj.

1. Lacking sense or meaning; meaningless.
2. Deficient in sense; foolish or stupid.
3. Insensate; unconscious.

senselessly sense'less·ly adv.
senselessness sense'less·ness n.

adjective

1. Lacking rational direction or purpose: meaningless, mindless, pointless, purposeless. Idioms: without rhyme or reason. See purpose/purposelessness.
2. Displaying a complete lack of forethought and good sense: brainless, fatuous, foolish, insensate, mindless, silly, unintelligent, weak-minded, witless. See ability/inability, planned/unplanned.
3. Lacking consciousness: cold, insensible, unconscious. Idioms: out cold, out like a light. See awareness/unawareness.

adj

Definition: silly, meaningless
Antonyms: feeling, intelligent, meaningful, rational, reasonable, sensible, wise

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - meningsløs, tåbelig, sanseløs, følelsesløs, bevidstløs

Nederlands (Dutch)
onzinnig, bewusteloos, gevoelloos

Français (French)
adj. - gratuit, absurde, insensé, sans connaissance, inconscient

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unsinnig, unvernünftig, bewußtlos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άσκοπος, ανόητος, αναίσθητος

Italiano (Italian)
insensato, irragionevole, privo di sensi

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sem sentidos, disparatado, tolo

Русский (Russian)
без сознания, бесчувственный, бессмысленный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - insensato, absurdo, disparatado, inconsciente, sin conocimiento

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - meningslös, sanslös, vansinnig, medvetslös

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无感觉的, 不省人事的, 无意识的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無感覺的, 不省人事的, 無意識的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 감각이 없는, 몰상식한, 무분별한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 無感覚の, 非常識な, 無意味な, 意識を失った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أحمق, مغمي عليه, فاقد ألوعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-הכרה, מעולף, חסר-טעם, טיפשי, אבסורדי, לא מסוגל לחוש‬

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