Taking care of the family pet is a big responsibility... especially when it belongs to The Family! Marlon
Brando triumphs in his first starring role in ten years as Carmine Sabatini,
a powerful New York importer. Matthew Broderick co-stars as Clark Kellogg,
a naive film student who accepts a job working for Sabatini. As if trapped
in a comic nightmare, Clark finds himself drawn deeper and deeper into
an ingenious scam involving an endangered Komodo Dragon, Sabatini's daughter,
Bret Parks and a group of very hungry eccentrics. But when the FBI asks
Clark to snitch on his colorful employer, he discovers a strange loyalty
to this fatherly figure. Written and directed by Andrew Bergman, creator
of The In-Laws.
Release:
July 20, 1990
Studio:
Tri-Star
Genre:
Comedy
Rating:
PG
Running Time:
102 minutes
Writer:
Andrew Bergman
Producer:
Mike Lobell
Director:
Andrew Bergman
Cast:
Matthew Broderick..... Clark Kellogg Marlon Brando..... Carmine Sabatini Bruno Kirby..... Victor Ray Penelope Ann Miller ..... Tina Sabatini Frank Whaley..... Steve Bushack
Nomination:
1991 Casting Society of America..... Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy
Matthew Broderick had no idea that Marlon Brando was going to use the walnuts as a prop in the scene where they discuss his job. While waiting for the scene to be shot, Brando cracked the walnuts just enough so they would be easy to break, and then used them in the scene to help generate a more genuine response from Broderick.
Dustin Hoffman: "Of course, we understand that at our age. Brando has it down pat: he wears a hearing aid that you can't see, and a woman by the name of Caroline, who's off the set, feeds him his lines. Each one. Matthew Broderick told me he didn't know this when he did "The Freshman" with Brando. He told me that on his first day, he was sitting in his dorm on the edge of his bed, and Brando was on the other bed, and they were facing each other, and he was so intimidated - Marlon Brando! So they started the take, and he's talking, and Brando answers, and then he talks some more, and Brando answers, and the camera's rolling, and Brando keeps looking at Matthew, and suddenly, he says: 'Caroline? Caroline! Are you eating a tuna fish sandwich right now? Caroline? Because I can't understand what you're saying! Stop eating that tuna fish sandwich!'" -- from "The 50-Year Hoffman-Hackman History," New York Times - Oct. 12, 2003.
Taking care of the family pet is a big responsibility... especially when it belongs to The Family!
Matthew Broderick had no idea that Marlon Brando was going to use the walnuts as a prop in the scene where they discuss his job. While waiting for the scene to be shot, Brando cracked the walnuts just enough so they would be easy to break, and then used them in the scene to help generate a more genuine response from Broderick.
