Outside Providence

Outside Providence (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Michael Corrente

Written By:
Peter Farrelly
Michael Corrente

Actors:
Shawn Hatosy ..... Tim Dunphy
Tommy Bone ..... Jackie Dunphy
Samantha Lavigne ..... 'Clops'
Jonathan Brandis ..... Mousy
Adam LaVorgna ..... Tommy the Wire (as Adam Lavorgna)
Jesse Leach ..... Decenz
Jon Abrahams ..... Drugs Delaney
Alec Baldwin ..... Old Man Dunphy
Richard Jenkins ..... Barney
Mike Cerrone ..... Caveech
George Wendt ..... Joey
Robert Turano ..... Fran
Kristen Shorten ..... Bunny Cote
Timothy Crowe ..... Mr. Funderburk (as Tim Crowe)
Gabriel Mann ..... Jack Wheeler

Synopsis:

Based on a novel by Peter Farrelly, published in 1988 before he became famous as a writer and director of such films as Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, and There's Something About Mary, Outside Providence is a coming-of-age story set in the 1970s. Timothy Dunphy (Shawn Hatosy), known as Dunph to his friends and Dildo to others, is a high school burn-out with a gift for getting into trouble; it doesn't help that his best friend is named Drugs Delaney (Jon Abrahams), and it somehow makes sense that Dunph's pet would be a three-legged dog with one eye. Dunph's father (Alec Baldwin) is convinced his son is on the fast track to Palookaville, so when Timothy gets in a wreck with a police car, his dad pulls a few strings and enrolls him in a private prep school. Dunph quickly learns the biggest difference between his old friends at home and his new classmates: rich kids have money, and money buys privilege. They can buy drugs from expensive dealers who won't fink on them, and pay for abortions when their girlfriends get unexpectedly pregnant, instead of having to get married. Dunph doesn't entirely fit into a school full of rich kids, but when he falls in love with Jane Weston (Amy Smart), he's determined to win her heart. Peter Farrelly adapted his novel with the help of his brother and screenwriting partner Bobby Farrelly and director Michael Corrente, whose previous credits include the film version of David Mamet's American Buffalo.

Set in 1974 Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Tim Dunphy is a teenage slacker and stoner who is part of a dysfunctional lower-class family which includes his widowed, ill-tempered, bigoted father, his wheelchair-bound younger brother Jackie and their one-eyed, three-legged dog. After Tim and his stoner friends get into trouble one-too many times with the law, his father sends him off to Cornhill Academy, a prep school in Cornwall, Connecticut for his senior year where Tim meets new friends and gets a new view on life and his own existence.

After one too many run ins with the law, a punk teenager from a working class background is sent to prep school by his frustrated dad, and learns a thing or two.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 18 April, 2010.