Who is Mr. Deeds and does he resemble the famous movie character?
Mr. Deeds is a 2002 comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder, and is a remake of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. The movie features Peter Gallagher, John Turturro and Steve Buscemi, with small roles by John McEnroe and Al Sharpton and a brief, uncredited appearance by Rob Schneider. The film was distributed by both Columbia Pictures and New Line Cinema. Preston Blake started out in his career hoping to be a television broadcaster as a young man, slowly working his way up through the ranks to found Blake Media, a corporation running hundreds of television and radio stations and with 50 thousand employees. After Blake freezes to death at the summit of Mount Everest with a triumphant smile on his face, a search for his heir begins. When it is found that he has a living nephew named Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) who runs a pizzeria in New Hampshire, Deeds is contacted and brought to New York City by attorney & businessman Chuck Cedar (Peter Gallagher). Plans are made for Deeds to sell
In the romantic comedy “Mr. Deeds,” Adam Sandler returns to the sweet, goofy ‘every man’ type of role that’s his bread and butter, steering clear from any reference to the generally disliked, “Little Nicky.” Surrounding himself with a wickedly funny supporting cast, including scene-stealers John Turturro and Steve Buscemi, Sandler’s Longfellow Deeds is a guy we can relate to, a guy faced with tough choices who stumbles a little while just trying to keep it all in perspective. Loosely based on the Academy Award-winning classic, “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town,” which starred Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur, this rendition moves the film into the corporate world of greed, big money and tabloid TV. Sources: http://movies.about.com/library/weekly/aamrdeedsreview.
