Death to Smoochy
2002 film directed by Danny DeVito / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Death to Smoochy is a 2002 satirical black comedy crime film directed by Danny DeVito and written by Adam Resnick. Starring Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Devito, and Jon Stewart, the film centers on "Rainbow" Randolph Smiley (Williams), a disgraced former children's television host who attempts to sabotage his replacement, Sheldon Mopes (Norton), and his character, Smoochy the Rhino.
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Directed by | Danny DeVito |
Written by | Adam Resnick |
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Cinematography | Anastas N. Michos |
Edited by | Jon Poll |
Music by | David Newman |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures (United States) FilmFour Distributors (United Kingdom)[1] |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
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Language | English |
Budget | $50 million[2] |
Box office | $8.3 million[2] |
Produced by Film4 Productions and Andrew Lazar's Mad Chance Productions, Death to Smoochy was released in the United States on March 29, 2002, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was met with mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and was a huge box office bomb, grossing only $8.3 million against a budget of $50 million.