There's Something About Mary

Name: There's Something About Mary
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Released: 1998-07-15
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Lee Evans, Chris Elliott

Love is in the hair.

There's Something About Mary (1998)

Timing: 2:0 (120 min)

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Budget

$23 000 000

Box office

$369 884 651

Website

http://www.aboutmary.com/

Director

Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Actors

Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Lee Evans, Chris Elliott, Lin Shaye, Jeffrey Tambor, Markie Post, Keith David, W. Earl Brown
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Frank Beddor, Michael Steinberg, Bradley Thomas, Charles B. Wessler, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Camera operator

Mark Irwin

Composer

Jonathan Richman

Artist

Audition

Rick Montgomery

Editing

Christopher Greenbury, Garrett Grant
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Short description

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.

What's left behind the scenes

After the failure of their 1996 comedy 'Kingpin', the Farrelly brothers decided that their next film would likely be their last as directors, so they decided to go all out. 'There's Something About Mary' became a box office success.
Initially, Peter and Bobby Farrelly wanted to cast Ben Stiller in the lead role, but the studio didn't want that, and the brothers decided to cast Owen Wilson, who was then largely unknown. The studio was simply aghast at this suggestion and stopped objecting to Ben Stiller.
One critic wrote about Lee Evans' British accent that “it’s probably the worst fake British accent in history.” In reality, Evans is British; on set, he simply emphasized his natural pronunciation.
The scenes where Ted is dropped onto the stretcher were not in the script. It happened accidentally; filming was stopped to make sure the actor was okay. Once they were assured he was fine, filming continued, and the scene was decided to be kept in the film.
The scene with the zipper is based on a real event, when the Farrelly brothers' parents had to help one of the guys at a party thrown by one of their sisters.
One day, Cameron Diaz's father appeared on the set, and the Farrelly brothers decided to film him. In the scene where Ben Stiller's character is released from prison, the actress's father played a bearded, long-haired inmate who smirks at the main character.
Friends of the Farrelly brothers participated in the crowd scenes.