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6.5Down-on-their luck brothers, Lars and Ernie Smuntz, aren't happy with the crumbling old mansion they inherit... until they discover the estate is worth millions. Before they can cash in, they have to rid the house of its single, stubborn occupant—a tiny and tenacious mouse.
Cast
- Nathan Lane as Ernie Smuntz
- Lee Evans as Lars Smuntz
- Vicki Lewis as April Smuntz
- Maury Chaykin as Alexander Falko
- Eric Christmas as The Lawyer
- Michael Jeter as Quincy Thorpe
Themes
- factory worker
- factory
- sibling relationship
- winter
- loss of loved one
- auction
- cooking
- mouse
- restaurant
- house
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
64,498 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
50%
Metacritic
53/100
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Gore Verbinski
- Written by
- Adam Rifkin
- Produced by
- Bruce Cohen Tony Ludwig Alan Riche
- Starring
- Nathan Lane Lee Evans Maury Chaykin Christopher Walken
- Cinematography
- Phedon Papamichael
- Edited by
- Craig Wood
- Music by
- Alan Silvestri
- Distributed by
- DreamWorks Pictures
- Release date
- December 19, 1997 ( 1997-12-19 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $38 million
- Box office
- $125.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 834028
- Image
- Chasen's Awning 2.JPG
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- publication date
- 1997-00-00
- title
- Мышиная охота
- capital cost
- 38000000
- box office
- 122417389
- review score
- 44%
- Commons category
- Mouse Hunt
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Mouse Hunt is a 1997 American slapstick black comedy film written by Adam Rifkin and directed by Gore Verbinski in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Nathan Lane, Lee Evans, Maury Chaykin, and Christopher Walken. The film follows two Laurel and Hardy-like brothers in their struggle against one small but crafty house mouse for possession of a mansion which was willed to them by their father. While the film is set in the late 20th century, styles range humorously from the 1940s to the 1990s.
It used real live mice, along with occasional computer-generated imagery and animatronic robot mice, and was the first family film to be released by DreamWorks Pictures. They released it in the United States on December 19, 1997, to mixed reviews, but it was a commercial success, earning $125.4 million on the box office against a budget of $38 million. The film features one of William Hickey's final roles. The film was dedicated to his memory.