Main Cast: Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Coolidge, Austin Pendleton, Jessica Steen, Rip Torn, Alexandra Wentworth, Max Casella, Dale Dye, Lawrence Pressman
Release Year: 1997
Country: US
Run Time: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
This comedy features TV's Seinfeld regular Michael Richards in his first starring role, opposite Jeff Daniels. Daniels plays Charlie Tuttle, an up-and-coming attorney engaged to Tiffany Whitfield (Alexandra Wentworth), the daughter of the law firm's boss (Lawrence Pressman). His boss sends him to a small Nevada town to represent a down-and-out relative, Benny Gibbs (Rip Torn). Benny has been charged with fraud for bilking people in a mail-order scam. At a bachelor party that Charlie's future father-in-law arranges for him in the small town, Charlie gets plastered. A small-time actor, Richard Rietti (played by Richards), agrees to switch places with Charlie for a simple hearing that day. The judge and prosecutor think he's Tuttle. As the trial begins, Charlie tries to pose as his associate, but the judge won't allow that. Charlie is forced to send signals to Richard during the trial by honking on a car horn in the parking lot. In the meantime, Charlie finds a new kind of happiness with a free-spirited local waitress, Billie Tyler (Charlize Theron). ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide
Philip Messina - Art Director, Edward Lynn - Associate Producer, Jane Urbanczyk - Associate Producer, Terry Liebling - Casting, Shay Cunliffe - Costume Designer, Matthew Rowland - First Assistant Director, Jonathan Lynn - Director, Tony Lombardo - Editor, Allen Alsobrook - Executive Producer, Mary Parent - Executive Producer, Phil Marshall - Composer (Music Score), Victoria Paul - Production Designer, Gabriel Beristain - Cinematographer, Jonathan Lynn - Producer, Gary Ross - Producer, Gregory Bernstein - Screen Story, Sarah Bernstein - Screen Story, Cliff Gardner - Screen Story, Gregory Bernstein - Screenwriter, Sarah Bernstein - Screenwriter
