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About
Aspiring architect Tom Thompson is told by mysterious Ruth Abernathy that his best friend, "Bill," has taken his own life. Except that Tom has never met Bill and neither have his incredulous friends. So when Tom foolishly agrees to give the eulogy at Bill's funeral, it sets him on a collision course with Ruth -- who is revealed to be Bill's oversexed mother -- and Julie DeMarco, the longtime crush Tom hasn't seen since they were teens.
Theatrical
May 3, 1996
Box Office
$5.7M
Budget
$8.0M
Return
0.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 27, 1999
Director
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Music
Studio
The Chess Club, Miramax
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →D
David Schwimmer
Tom Thompson
G
Gwyneth Paltrow
Julie DeMarco
M
Michael Rapaport
Brad Schorr
T
Toni Collette
Cynthia
C
Carol Kane
Tom's Mother
M
Michael Vartan
Scott
B
Bitty Schram
Lauren
J
Jean De Baer
Suzanne DeMarco
E
Elizabeth Franz
Aunt Lucille
M
Mark Margolis
Philip DeMarco
B
Barbara Hershey
Ruth Abernathy
E
Edoardo Ballerini
The Job Interviewer
M
Matthew Faber
Jared
R
Robin Morse
Sylvie
T
Tony Machine
The Undertaker
R
Robert Katims
An Abernathy Cousin
G
Greg Grunberg
An Abernathy Cousin
D
David Vadim
An Abernathy Cousin
Z
Zak Orth
An Abernathy Cousin
K
Kevin Corrigan
A Pallbearer
