Black Sheep (1996)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Penelope Spheeris

Writer (WGA):

Fred Wolf (written by)

Release Date:

2 February 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

There's one in every family.

Plot:

A gubernatorial candidate hires a wormy special assistant whose only job is to make sure the candidate's well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election.

Plot Keywords:

Election | Candid Camera | Police Car | Cellular Phone | Marijuana

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 19

6:00 AM

HBO

Cast

Chris Farley	...	Mike Donnelly
David Spade	...	Steve Dodds
Tim Matheson	...	Al Donnelly
Christine Ebersole	...	Governor Tracy
Gary Busey	...	Drake Sabitch
Grant Heslov	...	Robbie Mieghem
Timothy Carhart	...	Roger Kovary
Bruce McGill	...	Neuschwander
Michael Patrick Carter	...	Scott Colleary
Boyd Banks	...	Clyde Spinoza
David St. James	...	Motorcycle Cop
Skip O'Brien	...	State Trooper
Branden R. Morgan	...	Fan
'Gypsy' Spheeris	...	Pocket Pool Lady
John Ashker	...	Jim Blaine

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude language and humor, drug-related material and sexual innuendo.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Denmark:16 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #33985) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Buckley, Washington, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The band playing at the concert is Mudhoney.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double when when Mike is being dragged by the airplane.

Quotes:

[phoning citizens in an attempt to secure votes]
Mike: Hi there, this is Mike Donnelly. I work over here at the recreational center. To be honest with you I pretty much run the place ha, ha, ha. Is this ah Pat Gyles? Good, Good. Hey, hope everything's going great in your fine town of er Avery? Edward! Ha...
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Movie Connections:

Featured in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-06-09)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Punk

Likable, stupid, lightweight comedy

Chris Farley portrayed likable, stoner humor, as in Tommy Boy. This time It's Mike Donnelly (Chris Farley) and Steve Dodds (David Spade) this is better, simply because David Spade's character wasn't so mean or razor sharp sarcastic, like in Tommy Boy. It is set in Washington, where I used to live.Tommy Boy was a virtual remake of Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and instead of the brutally sarcastic David Spade, the movie has mostly physical humor and butt-head humor. More like the 2 stooges trying to straighten out corruption in the state election, as he is a target who is set up to ruin his brother's election, and Gary Busey plays a weapon crazy, backwoods warmonger, who is a bad buy until near the end of the movie when he is impressed with Mike's combat moves when he saved Steve from being murdered, and he becomes their sort of ally in further action. The type of stupid humor we see include the temporary house in the wilderness losing its roof with a storm following hail and Mike on the top bunk crashes down on Steve. The Fridge slides towards the door and crashes into Mike and he thinks he got pudding in his pants, only there wasn't any in the fridge, possible toilet humor and Mike at an MTV election promotion getting stoned with reefers and protesting on live TV almost ruining his brother.