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Overview

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Director:
Matt Reeves
Writers (WGA):
Jason Katims (written by) &
Matt Reeves (written by)
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Release Date:
3 May 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
A comedy about life-long crushes, mistaken identity and one really bad eulogy. more
Plot:
A young man's life is thrown into a loop when he is asked to be a pallbearer for the funeral of a classmate he doesn't remember, and his old high school crush temporarily returns to town. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

David Schwimmer ... Tom Thompson

Gwyneth Paltrow ... Julie DeMarco

Michael Rapaport ... Brad Schorr

Toni Collette ... Cynthia

Carol Kane ... Tom's Mother

Michael Vartan ... Scott

Bitty Schram ... Lauren
Jean De Baer ... Suzanne DeMarco
Elizabeth Franz ... Aunt Lucille

Mark Margolis ... Philip DeMarco

Barbara Hershey ... Ruth Abernathy

Edoardo Ballerini ... The Job Interviewer
Matthew Faber ... Jared
Robin Morse ... Sylvie
Tony Machine ... The Undertaker
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some sexuality and language.
Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Miramax Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The roller coaster Tom and Julie ride is actually the Blue Streak, which is located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the mother is making instant coffee, the jar label is turned between shots. more
Quotes:
Julie: I love this song.
Tom: Is that a signal?
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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Nice Boy Nightmare, 3 June 2007
6/10
Author: Shaolin_Apu from Seinäjoki, Finland

Pallbearer is a story about a guy who has not gained anything in his life and his future does not look promising either. Well, he is healthy and sane but incredibly unfortunate because he has probably been a too kind person: the life he was supposed to be living has slipped through his fingers. Turning now into latter part of his twenties he realizes that he's still a little boy and he should start doing something.

He will have a hopeless crush on a girl, and likewise a widow who has lost his son too will have a hopeless crush on him and that leads into a romance that is both tragic and comical. David Schwimmer makes a good performance as the guy who has to survive from many kinds of embarrassing situations, and Paltrow as the woman will do the standard Paltrow set. Nothing too surprising in the plot but the film is relatively good watching because of some well worked little scenes that faintly resemble Mr. Bean episodes.

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