Curly Sue

Curly Sue
Tagline	Big laughs come in small packages.
Regie	John Hughes
Producent	John Hughes
Scenario	John Hughes
Hoofdrollen	James Belushi Kelly Lynch Alisan Porter
Muziek	Georges Delerue
Montage	Peck Prior Harvey Rosenstock
Cinematografie	Jeffrey L. Kimball
Distributie	Warner Bros.
Première	VS:25 oktober1991 Nederland:20 december1991
Genre	Komedie Drama Romantiek
Speelduur	101 minuten
Taal	Engels
Land	Verenigde Staten
Budget	± $ 30.000.000
Gewonnenprijzen	1
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Curly Sueis eenAmerikaanseromantische familiefilm uit1991vanJohn Hughes.De hoofdrollen worden vertolkt doorAlisan Porter,James BelushienKelly Lynch. In vergelijking met de andere successen van John Hughes (bekend vanHome Alone) was deze film matig succesvol met een opbrengst van $33.691.313 in de Verenigde Staten.

Verhaal

Bill Dancer en het weesmeisje Curly Sue, leven als zwervers op straat en proberen te voorzien in hun dagelijks onderhoud door andere mensen beet te nemen. Op een dag ontmoeten ze bij een van hun trucs een rijke advocate, Grey Ellison, waar ze niet direct weer vanaf komen.

Rolverdeling

Acteur	Personage	Opmerkingen
Belushi, JamesJames Belushi	Bill Dancer	hoofdrol
Lynch, KellyKelly Lynch	Grey Ellison	hoofdrol
Porter, AlisanAlisan Porter	Curly Sue	hoofdrol
Getz, JohnJohn Getz	Walker McCormick
Thompson, Fred DaltonFred Dalton Thompson	Bernard Oxbar
Thor, CameronCameron Thor	Maitre d'
Richmond, BranscombeBranscombe Richmond	Albert
Carell, SteveSteve Carell	Tesio	als Steven Carell
Ashton, JohnJohn Ashton	Frank Arnold
Boggs, GailGail Boggs	Anise Hall
Byrnes, BurkeBurke Byrnes	Dr. Maxwell
Davis, VivekaViveka Davis	Trina
Tarbuck, BarbaraBarbara Tarbuck	Mrs. Arnold
McClurg, EdieEdie McClurg	Secretaresse
Adams, CharlesCharles Adams	Gevangenisbewaker
Boinski, James W.James W. Boinski	Lommerd

Citaten

• Grey Ellison:You lived with him when he was nothing, you suffered his youth and the years of struggle, now you're entitled to half of everything he has.
• Grey Ellison:Want us to walk you inside?

Curly Sue:No, I got it, but thanks for asking.

Bill Dancer:Give us a kiss.

Curly Sue:Please, we're in public.

Bill Dancer:Good luck.

• Trina:I don't usually smoke cigars, it's just that my friend had a baby.
• Bill Dancer:You can cry and not feel sad, just like you can feel sad and not cry.
• Mrs. Arnold:Are you all right? You seem a little... nice.
• Curly Sue:We wouldn't even be talking about this if you'd gotten some money out of that lady, we'd be on the road. You didn't because she was too pretty.

Bill Dancer:She was too smart.

Curly Sue:And she was too pretty.

Bill Dancer:She was in a hurry.

Curly Sue:And she was too pretty.

Bill Dancer:She was going to catch onto us.

Curly Sue:And she was too pretty.

Bill Dancer:You're pretty, and I don't leave you alone.

Curly Sue:She was too pretty.

• Bill Dancer:Look, no swearing, no gambling, no spitting, no punching, and no kicking, all right?

Curly Sue:Put a sock in it, I know what I'm doing.

• Curly Sue:I hate the art museum.

Bill Dancer:Will it hurt you to learn a thing or two?

Curly Sue:All you learn from the art museum is how to keep your mouth shut and how to walk without making squeaky sounds with your shoes.

• Bill Dancer:The harder you hit me the more I'll know you love me.
• Curly Sue:These tights itch!... These things stick to your butt!
• Trina:Do you know how long you have to go to school to become a lawyer?

Curly Sue:No.

Trina:20 years.

Curly Sue:Slap my butt, no way!

Achtergrond

Deze film is opgenomen in de plaatsenChicagoenEvanston,beide in de staatIllinois (staat)in de Verenigde Staten.

Prijzen

• Alisan Porter als Curly Sue won in 1993 deYoung Artist Award.

Trivia

• Deze film was het debuut vanSteve Carell.

Externe link

• (en)Curly Suein deInternet Movie Database