Mr. Deeds

Adam Sandler tangles with city slickers in this dumbed-down remake of “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.”, Rags to riches comedy. Two-bit poet Longfellow Deeds inherits a fortune but finds telling friend from gold-digger difficult. Remake of the Frank Capra classic., When Preston Blake, a remarkably wealthy media magnate, dies with neither a wife nor children, the question on the lips of most of his associates is who will inherit the estate. The surprising answer turns out to be Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler), a cheerful but half-bright proprietor of a small-town pizzeria, as well as part-time greeting card poet, who was a distant relative of Blake., An aspiring greeting-card writer from New Hampshire unexpectedly inherits a fortune and moves to Manhattan, where he stumbles into a corporate plot to bilk him of his billions., A sweet-natured, small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way., A country bumpkin inherits a fortune, then outsmarts city slickers in this dumbed-down remake of Frank Capra’s “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.”, One of Frank Capra’s best-loved stories gets a modernized and wildly slapstick reinterpretation in this romantic comedy starring Adam Sandler. When Preston Blake (Harve Presnell), a remarkably wealthy media magnate, dies with neither a wife nor children, the question on the lips of most of his associates is who will inherit the estate. The surprising answer turns out to be Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler), a cheerful but half-bright proprietor of a small-town pizzeria, as well as part-time greeting card poet, who was a distant relative of Blake. In order to claim his 40-billion-dollar inheritance, Deeds heads to New York City, where Blake’s former associates, Chuck Cedar (Peter Gallagher) and Cecil Anderson (Erick Avari), introduce him to the city while trying to figure out how to get their hands on his new fortune. Meanwhile, Mac McGrath (Jared Harris), the producer of a sleazy tabloid television show, wants to get the inside scoop on Deeds, and comes up with perfect way to get it: he sends beautiful but unscrupulous reporter Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) to sweep Deeds off his feet while she’s wired for sound. Convincing Deeds that she’s from a small town just like himself, Bennett quickly wins his heart, but while his affection is sincere, hers is not. He also displays a curious eagerness to defend her good name with his fists which quickly gets him in trouble. Meanwhile, as Deeds becomes the new laughing stock of New York thanks to Bennett’s stories, Deeds decides it’s time he did something big with his money, while Cedar and Anderson think they’ve finally found a way to take control of Deeds’ holdings. Mr. Deeds also features supporting performances from John Turturro, Steve Buscemi, and Conchata Ferrell. John McEnroe and Rev. Al Sharpton make cameo appearances as themselves., Adam Sandler stars in this funny yet heartwarming remake of Mr Deeds Goes to Town. Deeds (Sandler) is much-loved in his small town, but following the death of a long-lost uncle, who also happens to be a billionaire tycoon, Deeds inherits a fortune and heads for the big city to run his uncle’s company. When a media frenzy ensues surrounding Deeds’ inheritance, reporter Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) goes undercover to ‘out’ Deeds as the small-town fool she thinks he is. Also starring John Turturro and Peter Gallagher. (Subtitles), Adam Sandler stars in a heartwarming update of the 1936 Frank Capra classic “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.” Sandler plays Gary Cooper’s role, a kindhearted New Hampshire rube who inherits a fortune, then outsmarts some greedy city slickers in Manhattan. Winona Ryder, Peter Gallagher, John Turturro, Jared Harris., Goofy comedy set in New York about a pizzeria owner who inherits a vast fortune from a distant relative. However, the dead man’s unscrupulous former associates are determined to part the small-town simpleton from his newly acquired wealth. Meanwhile, a beautiful reporter is sent to get the inside track on the man’s story by pretending to fall in love with him., Smalltown chump Adam Sandler inherits a fortune (plus sneaky butler John Turturro). But his wealth draws gold-diggers and tricky reporter Winona Ryder., When sweet-natured, small-town guy, Longfellow Deeds, inherits $40 billion from a deceased uncle, his life changes forever!, When sweet-natured, small-town guy, Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler), inherits $40 billion from a deceased uncle, his life changes forever! (2002).