Me, Myself and Irene
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| Directed by | Farrelly Brothers |
| Produced by | Farrelly Brothers Bradley Thomas |
| Written by | Peter Farrelly Mike Cerrone |
| Starring | Jim Carrey Renée Zellweger |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | June 23, 2000 |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $51,000,000 (estimated) |
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Me, Myself & Irene is a 2000 comedy film directed by the Farrelly Brothers, and starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger. Chris Cooper, Robert Forster, Richard Jenkins, Daniel Greene, Anthony Anderson, Jerod Mixon, and Mongo Brownlee co-star.
Tony Cox, Traylor Howard, and Cam Neely have cameo roles.
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[edit] Plot summary
The film follows Charlie Baileygates, a Rhode Island State Police trooper who has been taken advantage of by people throughout his life; even after marriage, his wife deserts him for an African-American dwarf limo driver, who is really a college professor (and president of the Rhode Island chapter of Mensa) doing an experiment. The little professor beats Charlie up, eventually steals his wife and leaves Charlie to raise his three highly intelligent but profanity-spewing mulatto sons. After some time, his anger builds up and Charlie develops a rude and violent split personality named Hank. Believing that Charlie needs a vacation, the force tells him to escort a beautiful woman named Irene to New York. When some hitmen come after Irene's life, Charlie (and Hank) are called on to save the day.
[edit] Soundtrack
The movie's soundtrack contains several covers of Steely Dan songs performed by other bands, as well as the song that plays in the movie when Charlie changes into Hank ("Fire Like This" by Hardknox), and the romantic theme, "The World Ain't Slowin' Down" by Ellis Paul.
[edit] Box office
US Gross Domestic Takings: US$ 90,570,999
- + Other International Takings: $58,700,000
= Gross Worldwide Takings: $149,270,999
[edit] Trivia
- Due to their work together on the film, Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger briefly dated.
- During a scene near the end of the movie, Charlie calls another highway patrolman "Sea Bass." Sea Bass is the name of a man with whom Carrey's character "Lloyd" had a conflict in the Farrelly Brothers' comedy Dumb and Dumber; hockey star Cam Neely portrays "Sea Bass" in both films.
[edit] Cast
- Jim Carrey – Charlie Baileygates/Hank Evans
- Renée Zellweger – Irene P. Waters
- Chris Cooper – Lieutenant Gerke
- Robert Forster – Colonel Partington
- Richard Jenkins – Agent Boshane
- Daniel Greene – Dickie Thurman
- Anthony Anderson – Jamaal Baileygates
- Mongo Brownlee – Lee Harvey Baileygates
- Jerod Mixon – Shonte Jr. Baileygates
- Tony Cox – Shonte Jackson
- Traylor Howard – Layla Baileygates
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