Splitting Heirs (1993)

5.9	Listal rating
5.3	IMDB rating

Directed by

Robert Young

Starring (View all)

Eric Idle

Tommy Butterfly Rainbow Peace Patel

Henry Bullock

Duchess Lucinda

Kitty

Raoul P. Shadgrind

Angela

Butler

Mrs. Bullock

Written by

Eric Idle

written by

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1 month ago at Apr 16 16:10

Emily J.

Eric Idle, known best as an alumni on the hilarious and popular sketch comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus, wrote and starred in Splitting Heirs as Tommy Patel, an Englishman who believes he's Indian. After his old boss, the 14th Duke, dies, a loopy American named Henry inherits the title of the 15th Duke, and Tommy finds out that he's not a Patel, but the real heir to the throne, and his real nam... read more

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Description: A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stol ... (more)

Release date : 30 April 1993
UPC: 025192354229

Comedy (3), 1990s (2), Underrated (1), Inheritance (1), 1993 (1)

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Emily J. posted a review 1 month ago

“Eric Idle, known best as an alumni on the hilarious and popular sketch comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus, wrote and starred in Splitting Heirs as Tommy Patel, an Englishman who believes he's Indian. After his old boss, the 14th Duke, dies, a loopy American named Henry inherits the title of the 15th Duke, and Tommy finds out that he's not a Patel, but the real heir to the throne, and his real name is Thomas Henry Butterfly Rainbow Peace (because his parents were hippies).

Idle's character is awkward and likable, and you want him to win. However, Rick Moranis' Henry character is so delightfully ditzy that you can't help but laugh, and it helps that” read more

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"As you probably already know, Rick Moranis is no doubt my favorite actor, so I've seen every theatrical release he was in, including this one. I thought this movie was very funny stuff, helped by the fact that Eric Idle of Monty Python fame was heavily involved. However, I can see why people didn't like it: the implications of incest between Idle and his birth mother played by Barbara Hershey. Eww. But still, a wickedly funny movie."