Dennis the Menace
One-sheet poster.
Directed by	Nick Castle
Produced by	John Hughes
Written by	John Hughes
Starring	Walter Matthau Mason Gamble Joan Plowright Christopher Lloyd
Cinematography	Thomas E. Ackerman
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	1993
Running time	94 min.
Language	English
Followed by	Dennis the Menace Strikes Again
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Dennis the Menace (also known in the United Kingdom as Dennis) is a 1993 (see 1993 in film) live-action film based on the Hank Ketcham comic strip of the same name. The film was directed by Nick Castle, written by John Hughes, and produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and Hughes Entertainment. It concerns the misadventures of a mischievous child with a cowlick and a grin who wreaked havoc on his next-door neighbour, Mr. Wilson, and usually helping out with his friends, Joey and Margaret, and being followed everywhere by his dog, Ruff. Image File history File links Dennis the Menace as he looked between 1993 and 1998- originally in this syle drawn by David Sutherland, though shown in a more modernised form as updated by Toby Marshman This work is copyrighted. ... Nick Castle (September 21, 1947)Born in Los Angeles, CA. Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television in 1970. ... John Hughes (born February 18, 1950 in Lansing, Michigan) is a noted film director, producer and writer, responsible for some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s. ... John Hughes (born February 18, 1950 in Lansing, Michigan) is a noted film director, producer and writer, responsible for some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s. ... Walter Matthau Walter Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an Academy Award winning American comedy actor. ... Mason Gamble (born January 16, 1986 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Dennis Mitchell in the 1993 film Dennis the Menace and as Jason Schwartzmans sidekick, Dirk Calloway, in Wes Anderson and Owen Wilsons critically acclaimed 1998 film, Rushmore. ... Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier DBE (born October 28, 1929), known by her maiden name as Dame Joan Plowright, is a British actress, widow of Laurence Olivier. ... Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American character actor. ... Warner Bros. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow. ... In film and video, live action refers to works that are acted out by flesh-and-blood actors, as opposed to animation. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Henry King Ketcham (1920-2001), commonly known as Hank Ketcham, was an American cartoonist who created the Dennis the Menace comic strip, writing and drawing it from 1951 to 1994. ... For the British comic strip of the same name, see Dennis the Menace (UK). ... Nick Castle (September 21, 1947)Born in Los Angeles, CA. Graduated from USC School of Cinema-Television in 1970. ... John Hughes (born February 18, 1950 in Lansing, Michigan) is a noted American film director, producer and writer, responsible for some of the most successful comedy films of the 1980s and 1990s. ... Warner Bros. ...

The plot centered around the misadventures of Dennis Mitchell, who after creating a perchant of disaster, is babysat by Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. But when Dennis did something wrong with Mr. Wilson, Dennis runs away and even comes face-to-face with the film's main villain, Switchblade Sam. The film was even notable as the first time the title character was accurately cast as a five-year-old.

The film premiered on June 25, 1993. A direct-to-video sequel called Dennis the Menace Strikes Again was also released. The film was followed up by a Saturday morning cartoon series called The Incredible Dennis the Menace. June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... A film that is released direct-to-video (also straight-to-video) is one which has been released to the public on home video formats first rather than first being released in movie theaters. ... A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... The god Saturn, after whom Saturday is named. ...

Cast

• Walter Matthau as Mr. George Wilson
• Mason Gamble as Dennis Mitchell
• Joan Plowright as Mrs. Martha Wilson
• Christopher Lloyd as Switchblade Sam
• Lea Thompson as Mrs. Alice Mitchell
• Robert Stanton as Mr. Henry Mitchell
• Amy Sakasitz as Margaret Wade
• Kellen Hathaway as Joey
• Paul Winfield as Chief of Police
• Natasha Lyonne as Polly
• Devin Ratray as Mickey
• Hank Johnston as Gunther Beckman
• Melinda Mullins as Andrea
• Billie Bird as Edith Butterwell
• Bill Erwin as Edward Little

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Trivia

• Veteran Hughes actors Billie Bird, Ben Stein, and Bill Erwin have cameo roles.
• The Mitchells' and the Wilsons' house were filmed and are located in Evanston, Illinois. The opening shot and parts of the film were filmed in Hinsdale, Illinois.
• 'Switchblade Sam' (Christopher Lloyd) is the only character in the film never referred to by his name.
• This movie marks the fifth time that Lea Thompson and Christopher Lloyd have been in a film together, but they do not share any screen time together.
• 20,000 children auditioned for the part of Dennis. Ten of them were selected to test the role with Walter Matthau. In the end, Mason Gamble got it.
• Was known simply as Dennis in the UK to avoid confusion with an unrelated British comic strip, also called "Dennis the Menace," which debuted in 1951.
• Mason Gamble lost two teeth during the filming of this movie and had to wear fake ones until after the movie was finished.
• The script was written to use certain references from both Back to the Future and Home Alone.
• This is not the first live-action Dennis the Menace movie, the first live-action film to feature Dennis was Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter, which premiered on TV in 1987, the film involved Dennis and his friends and his dog continuing their perchants for mischief until they discover a dinosaur skeleton, which Dennis dubs it as the "Dennissaurus".
• Jerry Goldsmith was John Hughes' first and only choice to write the music score for this film.
• Mason Gamble played tag with neighorhood kids in Evanston when not shooting the film.
• Several scenes with the robber were shot in a house in Evanston nearby Mr. Wilson's, not far from Dewey Elementary School, but were not used in the final cut.

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External links

• Dennis the Menace at the Internet Movie Database