Bill Murray as Big Ern McCracken in Kingpin
In 1994, Peter and Bobby Farrelly had a smash-hit slapstick comedy with Dumb and Dumber. In 1997, they did it again with There's Something About Mary. In between, they made Kingpin, an overlooked entry in the Farrelly canon that is streaming Paramount+ this month. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, and Bill Murray as competitors in the seedy world of professional bowling.
Like The Color of Money with fart jokes, Kingpin is about a once-great champion, now burned out, who finds a promising young prodigy and takes him under his wing. Of course, instead of pool, Kingpin is about the considerably less-cool sport of bowling. However, the Farrellys do manage to keep the movie out of the gutter with their customary dose of sincerity.
What Is 'Kingpin' About? Close Kingpin centers around Roy Munson , who was an up-and-coming bowling champ in the 1970s; after beating Ernie McCracken , McCracken convinced him to hustle a group of local bowlers. The scam went sideways and Munson was left holding the bag - resulting in him losing his bowling hand to a ball return machine.
While Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary were huge hits, Kingpin was a relative disappointment, making $32 million USD on a $25 million budget; that may be due to its release date, which put the film in the middle of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The film did find its audience on VHS, and back in 2021, the Farrelly Brothers were developing a Kingpin sequel.
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