Kingpin

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film sports comedy film

Kingpin is a 1996 sports comedy film about a washed-up former bowling prodigy who mentors an Amish bowling talent, known for its offbeat humor and cult following.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
sports comedy film ⓘ
awardStatus cult classic ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
characterRole Ernie McCracken ⓘ
Ishmael Boorg ⓘ
Roy Munson ⓘ
cinematographer Mark Irwin ⓘ
composer Frederic Talgorn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Bobby Farrelly ⓘ
Peter Farrelly ⓘ
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
editor Christopher Greenbury ⓘ
filmingLocation Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh
genre comedy film ⓘ
sports comedy film ⓘ
sports film ⓘ
hasCastMember Bill Murray ⓘ
Chris Elliott ⓘ
Lin Shaye ⓘ
Randy Quaid ⓘ
Vanessa Angel ⓘ
Woody Harrelson ⓘ
hasTagline "From the creators of Dumb and Dumber." ⓘ
"You wouldn't want to meet these pinheads in an alley." ⓘ
mainSubject bowling ⓘ
motionPictureRating PG-13 ⓘ
narrativeTheme mentorship ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
underdog sports story ⓘ
notableFeature cult following ⓘ
offbeat humor ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A washed-up former bowling prodigy mentors an Amish bowling talent in a bid to return to glory. ⓘ
producer Brad Krevoy ⓘ
Steve Stabler ⓘ
productionCompany Motion Picture Corporation of America ⓘ
publicationYear 1996 ⓘ
releaseDate 1996-07-26 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 113 ⓘ
screenwriter Barry Fanaro ⓘ
Mort Nathan ⓘ
setting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
title Kingpin self-link ⓘ

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Bill Murray → notableWork → Kingpin ⓘ
Woody Harrelson → notableWork → Kingpin ⓘ
Kingpin → title → Kingpin self-link ⓘ