Fun with Dick and Jane
Promotional poster for Fun with Dick and Jane
Directed by	Dean Parisot
Produced by	Brian Grazer
Written by	Judd Apatow Nicholas Stoller
Starring	Jim Carrey Téa Leoni Alec Baldwin Conrad Bachmann Michelle Arthur Gloria Garayua
Music by	Theodore Shapiro
Cinematography	Jerzy Zielinski
Editing by	Don Zimmerman
Distributed by	Sony
Release date(s)	December 21, 2005
Running time	87 min.
Language	English
Budget	$100 million
IMDb profile

Fun with Dick and Jane is a 2005 comedy film, and remake of the 1977 film of the same name. In it, an upper-middle class couple, Dick and Jane Harper, turn to robbery after Dick's company goes bankrupt and they run out of money. It stars Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni in the title roles. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (501x746, 37 KB) Summary The promotional poster for the movie. ... Dean Parisot is an American film director. ... Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is a Jewish-American film and television producer who founded Imagine Entertainment with partner Ron Howard. ... Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967, in Syosset, New York)[1] is an Emmy-winning American screenwriter, director, and producer. ... James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian-American A-list film actor and comedian. ... Téa Leoni (born February 25, 1966) is an American actress. ... Alec Baldwin (born Alexander Rae Baldwin III on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning and a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2005. ... Comedy film is genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humor. ... In film, a remake is a newer version of a previously released film or a newer version of the source (play, novel, story, etc. ... Fun with Dick and Jane is a 1977 romantic comedy film starring George Segal and Jane Fonda as an upper-middle class couple who turn to crime. ... James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian-American A-list film actor and comedian. ... Téa Leoni (born February 25, 1966) is an American actress. ...

The film is also a satire of corporate America. Corporate America is an informal phrase describing both the independent for-profit and independent non-profit world of corporations within the United States not under government ownership. ...

Plot summary

In 2000 (before the corporate accounting scandals of 2001), Dick Harper works for a company called Globodyne. He is "promoted" to Vice-President of Communications. He then appears on the show Money Life, where host Sam Samuels and then independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader blast him, the CEO, the CFO, and the company as a whole. Almost instantly the company's stock is worthless, along with the employees' pensions (in Globodyne stock). In fact, while Nader and the moderator are ranting on about Globodyne on television, the screen shows that the company's stocks are falling by the second, with Dick unaware of such during the conversation. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Accounting scandals, or corporate accounting scandals are political and business scandals which arise with the disclosure of misdeeds by trusted executives of large public corporations. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American attorney and political activist, who has promoted a wide range of issues, including consumer rights, feminism, humanitarianism, environmentalism and democratic government. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... CFO is usually short for Chief Financial Officer, but may also mean: Carrier frequency offset Ceramic fiber optics Chief Fire Officer Chief of Flight Operations Conselho Federal de Odontologia (cfo. ...

In the months that follow, Dick is unable to find a job that pays him well, and the family gets poorer and poorer, because their savings and their pensions are all in Globodyne stock.

Desperate, Dick and his wife Jane go on a crime spree which ends with them pitting their wits against the CEO of Globodyne and ultimately duping him into reimbursing employee pensions.

Cast

• Jim Carrey as Dick Harper
• Téa Leoni as Jane Harper
• Alec Baldwin as Jack McCallister
• Richard Jenkins as Frank Bascombe
• Angie Harmon as Veronica Cleeman
• John Michael Higgins as Garth
• Aaron Michael Drozin as Billy Harper
• Gloria Garayua as Blanca
• Ralph Nader as Himself
• Carlos Jacott as Oz Peterson

James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a two-time Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian-American A-list film actor and comedian. ... Téa Leoni (born February 25, 1966) is an American actress. ... Alec Baldwin (born Alexander Rae Baldwin III on April 3, 1958 in Massapequa, New York) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning and a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. ... Richard Jenkins (born 2 December 1953 in DeKalb, Illinois, USA) is an American actor. ... Angela Michelle Harmon Sehorn (born August 10, 1972) is an American fashion model and television/film actress. ... John Michael Higgins (born February 12, 1963, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American actor whose film credits include Christopher Guests mockumentaries and the role of David Letterman in HBOs The Late Shift. ... Ralph Nader (born February 27, 1934) is an American attorney and political activist, who has promoted a wide range of issues, including consumer rights, feminism, humanitarianism, environmentalism and democratic government. ... Carlos Jacott is a film and television actor. ...

Reaction

After a disappointing opening weekend of $21,530,160, the film managed to have decent legs throughout the holiday season, eventually grossing over $110 million at the domestic box office and $92 million at foreign box office. With a budget of over $100 million, the film was a minor success but was considered a disappointment by many when compared to other Carrey films ^{[citation needed]}. As of July 6, 2006 Fun with Dick and Jane has generated $43.6 million from DVD rental gross. is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ...

Trivia

• The financial transaction form used in the film's final scenes is identified as a CRM-114, which was a recurring code in Stanley Kubrick's films (referencing an encryption device from Dr. Strangelove, and the "medicine" from A Clockwork Orange.) The code has been used in many different places in film since it first appeared, such as the amplifier from Back to the Future.
• Dick's company Globodyne, and the way it falls, is a direct parody of various corporations early in the 21st century like Enron, Global Crossings, and MCI Worldcom. The closing credits begin with a Special Thanks To list, naming executives at Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, Adelphia, ImClone Systems, Arthur Andersen, Cendant and HealthSouth.
• When Dick pulls into the parking lot for Globodyne, everybody but him drives a new BMW 7 Series. Dick himself has a BMW 3 Series from the late 1980s. He later leases a BMW 7 Series, which gets traded for a Ford Festiva and he has a Volkswagen Cabrio at the end.
• The suburban neighborhood in the film consisted of the construction of 12 homes (only a front facade), and one fully-functioning home all built on the site of the abandoned Marineland of the Pacific theme park in California.
• While filming the coffee shop robbery scene, Téa Leoni seriously injured her shoulder while sliding on the counter.
• At around 1:01:10 into the movie, Dick and Jane watch a TV interview with Jack McCallister (Alec Baldwin). After stating his innocence and seemingly unable to find anything else to say, he breaks off his speech with "Now watch this shot!" This is a direct re-enactment of a President George W. Bush remark which can be seen in Fahrenheit 9/11.
• Throughout the film, which is set in the year 2000, there are numerous references made to the presidential campaign that year between George W. Bush, Al Gore, and Ralph Nader including Dick being interviewed by Nader, a TV screen showing a Bush campaign speech clearly from 2000, and signs across city streets, stores, and on cars reading "Gore/Lieberman" or "Bush/Cheney".
• Among the disguises Dick and Jane use include Bill and Hillary Clinton, the Blues Brothers, and Cher and Sonny Bono.
• In an obvious jibe at yuppie parents, Dick and Jane's son speaks English with a Mexican accent, having been raised by the Mexican housekeeper.
• "Officer Red Green" who calls the Grand Cayman Bank is probably a Jim Carrey tribute to The Red Green Show, an iconic Canadian television comedy.
• Paramount Pictures gave Sony more than $100,000 to pause filming for a week, so that Carrey could promote his previous movie, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.^[1]
• If examined closely, while they are driving away after robbing their first store, Dick is wearing his hoodie when a shot of the car is shown. He does not have his hoodie on when a shot of Dick and Jane inside the car is shown
• Reese Witherspoon can be seen in the super-market scene as Dick greets customers.
• When Dick is chasing down the old woman in the super market, right before she throws powder in his eyes, if you look at the televisions behind him, you can see George Bush making a speech.
• When Jane is in the medical research lab, there is a monkey in the background that a doctor is trying to control. This monkey is the same type and is a reference to the Ace Ventura movies.
• Jack McCallister's house seen at different parts in the movie was also the house used in The Benchwarmers owned by the billionaire Mel played by Jon Lovitz.

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See also

• Dick and Jane

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External links

• Official Site
• Fun with Dick and Jane at the Internet Movie Database
• PopMatters review (12/2005)