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Academy Award®-winner Adrien Brody stars in this delightful romantic comedy as a lovable loser who finds his inner voice by becoming a ventriloquist. Steven Schoichet (Brody) is in a rut - he lives at home with his crazed parents and weird sister Heidi (Illeana Douglas), and is stuck in a dead-end job. His life begins to turn around when, at the urging of his outrageous friend, Fangora (Milla Jovovich), he decides to follow his dream of becoming a ventriloquist. He buys a dummy and hits the small-time comedy circuit to the horror of his family and the delight of his beautiful job councilor, Lorena (Vera Farmiga). Lorena quic
Academy Award®-winner Adrien Brody stars in this delightful romantic comedy as a lovable loser who finds his inner voice by becoming a ventriloquist. Steven Schoichet (Brody) is in a rut - he lives at home with his crazed parents and weird sister Heidi (Illeana Douglas), and is stuck in a dead-end job. His life begins to turn around when, at the urging of his outrageous friend, Fangora (Milla Jovovich), he decides to follow his dream of becoming a ventriloquist. He buys a dummy and hits the small-time comedy circuit to the horror of his family and the delight of his beautiful job councilor, Lorena (Vera Farmiga). Lorena quickly becomes his biggest fan and his first love. This hysterical romantic comedy proves the dumbest thing you can do is not to follow your dream.
Features include
Special Picture-in-Picture Video Commentary by Award-winning ventriloquist Jeff Dunham
Deleted Scenes
Dummies 101- Learning the Ventiloquist Dream
Ventriloquist lessons - hosted by Jeff Dunham
"What Type of Dummy Are You?" Game
5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Audio
And much more
System Requirements:
Running Time: 90 Minuties
Format: DVD MOVIE
Oscar®-winner Adrien Brody has a nifty role in Dummy as a shy loser whose life is transformed by... ventriloquism. Living with his parents and his caustic sister (Illeana Douglas in good form), tongue-tied Steven can't hold a conversation to save his life--until he sits a wooden dummy on his knee. Others find this kind of creepy, but Steven parlays his newfound voice into a date with his pretty lady at the unemployment office (she's played by Vera Farmiga, from 15 Minutes, a soulful actress destined for big things). Writer-director Greg Pritikin doesn't oversell this modest premise, instead nicely filling in the corners with sly comedy and character bits. Milla Jovovich plays Steven's punk-rock buddy, and Jessica Walter and Ron Leibman are his parents--it's a surprisingly strong cast for an indie effort. Dummy won a release when Brody got the Oscar for The Pianist, but this is a worthy and entertaining picture all on its own. --Robert Horton
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Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Release date: 17 February 2004
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0012236149514 UPC: 012236149514
Tags: Comedy (1), Family (1), Love (1), Parents (1), Rock And Roll (1), Small Town Life (1), Weddings (1), Comedies (1), Sitcoms (1), Television/TV Series (1), (1)
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