USA,
1996, 91 min
Directed by:
Tom ShadyacCinematography:
Julio MacatComposer:
David NewmanCast:
Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett Smith, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle, David Ramsey, Roy Werner, Lisa Boyle, Athena Massey, Jamal Mixon, John Ales (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Eddie Murphy playing no less than seven roles in this uproarious Jekyll-and-Hyde comedy from Imagine Entertainment. Murphy stars as Dr. Sherman Klump, a kind, 'calorically challenged' genetics professor who longs to shed his 400-pound frame in order to win the heart of beautiful Jada Pinkett. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes Buddy Love, a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped-down Don Juan. Can Sherman stop his buff alter ego before it's too late, or will Buddy have the last laugh? (Shock Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1997 - Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1997 - Best Make Up/Hair
- 1997 - Best Special Visual Effects
Golden Globes
- 1997 - Eddie Murphy (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1996 - Eddie Murphy (Best Actor)
The Saturn Awards
- 1997 - Eddie Murphy (Best Actor)
- 1997 - David LeRoy Anderson, Rick Baker (Best Make-Up)
- 1997 - Best Fantasy Film