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The story begins with three children and a horse. These are young versions of [[Dudley Do-Right]], [[Nell Fenwick]] and [[Snidely Whiplash]] and Horse. The three talk of their aspirations. Dudley believes he is destined to be a royal Canadian [[Mountie]] while Nell wishes to see the world. Snidely wishes to be the "bad guy". Years later, both Dudley and Snidely have fulfilled their dreams. |
The story begins with three children and a horse. These are young versions of [[Dudley Do-Right]], [[Nell Fenwick]] and [[Snidely Whiplash]] and Horse. The three talk of their aspirations. Dudley believes he is destined to be a royal Canadian [[Mountie]] while Nell wishes to see the world. Snidely wishes to be the "bad guy". Years later, both Dudley and Snidely have fulfilled their dreams. |
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Snidely and his gang of 999 rob a bank and Snidely forces the bank president of Semi-Happy Valley to make him the head banker and owner of "everything". Snidely quickly becomes owner of the entire village, renaming it "Whiplash City". Whiplash then performs a seemingly bizarre ritual of shooting golden bullets into places such as mines and rivers. He also confronts Dudley for the first time and persuades him he is hunting vampires,scaring Dudley into hiding in his cabin. |
Snidely and his gang of 999 rob a bank and Snidely forces the bank president of Semi-Happy Valley to make him the head banker and owner of "everything". Snidely quickly becomes owner of the entire village, renaming it "Whiplash City". Whiplash then performs a seemingly bizarre ritual of shooting golden bullets into places such as mines and rivers. He also confronts Dudley for the first time and persuades him he is hunting vampires, scaring Dudley into hiding in his cabin. |
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Dudley makes a statement to his horse, Horse that "Nell will never come back and you will never leave me". Then ironically, that happens. When Nell does return to visit Dudley, the two go to see a show put on by a group of South Brooklyn Indians called the Canarsie [[Kumquat]]s. Due to Snidely's taking over of the city, the local residents leave (they also leave because of Dudley saying that their forests are infested by vampires). |
Dudley makes a statement to his horse, Horse that "Nell will never come back and you will never leave me". Then ironically, that happens. When Nell does return to visit Dudley, the two go to see a show put on by a group of South Brooklyn Indians called the Canarsie [[Kumquat]]s. Due to Snidely's taking over of the city, the local residents leave (they also leave because of Dudley saying that their forests are infested by vampires). |
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One night, a hobo prospector named Kim J. Darling discovers Snidely's gold. This attracts millions of people to Whiplash City. Dudley reveals to Whiplash at his favorite golf course that he knows the truth. Snidely planned to plant gold in order to create a fake gold rush and because he owns everything he stands to make a great fortune. Snidely gets his right hand man, Homer to kill Dudley by blowing his cabin/office up. |
One night, a hobo prospector named Kim J. Darling discovers Snidely's gold. This attracts millions of people to Whiplash City. Dudley reveals to Whiplash at his favorite golf course that he knows the truth. Snidely planned to plant gold in order to create a fake gold rush and because he owns everything he stands to make a great fortune. Snidely gets his right hand man, Homer to kill Dudley by blowing his cabin/office up. |
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Revision as of 10:16, 14 May 2010
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| Directed by | Hugh Wilson |
| Written by | Jay Ward Hugh Wilson |
| Produced by | John Davis J. Todd Harris Joseph Singer |
| Starring | Brendan Fraser Sarah Jessica Parker Alfred Molina |
| Narrated by | Corey Burton |
| Music by | Steve Dorff |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | August 27, 1999 |
Running time | 77 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70,000,000 |
Dudley Do-Right is a live action romantic family comedy, based on Jay Ward's Dudley Do-Right, produced by Davis Entertainment for Universal Pictures, and released to theatres in 1999. The motion picture stars Brendan Fraser as the cartoon's title character. It was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Plot
The story begins with three children and a horse. These are young versions of Dudley Do-Right, Nell Fenwick and Snidely Whiplash and Horse. The three talk of their aspirations. Dudley believes he is destined to be a royal Canadian Mountie while Nell wishes to see the world. Snidely wishes to be the "bad guy". Years later, both Dudley and Snidely have fulfilled their dreams. Snidely and his gang of 999 rob a bank and Snidely forces the bank president of Semi-Happy Valley to make him the head banker and owner of "everything". Snidely quickly becomes owner of the entire village, renaming it "Whiplash City". Whiplash then performs a seemingly bizarre ritual of shooting golden bullets into places such as mines and rivers. He also confronts Dudley for the first time and persuades him he is hunting vampires, scaring Dudley into hiding in his cabin. Dudley makes a statement to his horse, Horse that "Nell will never come back and you will never leave me". Then ironically, that happens. When Nell does return to visit Dudley, the two go to see a show put on by a group of South Brooklyn Indians called the Canarsie Kumquats. Due to Snidely's taking over of the city, the local residents leave (they also leave because of Dudley saying that their forests are infested by vampires). One night, a hobo prospector named Kim J. Darling discovers Snidely's gold. This attracts millions of people to Whiplash City. Dudley reveals to Whiplash at his favorite golf course that he knows the truth. Snidely planned to plant gold in order to create a fake gold rush and because he owns everything he stands to make a great fortune. Snidely gets his right hand man, Homer to kill Dudley by blowing his cabin/office up. This fails as Dudley and the Chief of the Kumquats have left to try reveal Snidely's "evil scheme". When Dudley is fired from the Mountie service due to his attempt at outing the owner of Whiplash City. Nell also becomes infatuated with Snidely. Dudley goes to live with the Prospector. The Prospector reveals how Snidely keeps the gold coming. The Prospector then trains Dudley in a Karate-style way how to become "danger". Dudley then destroys the gold supply and wins back Nell. Snidely then makes a final attempt to prevent Dudley from doing "really fun bad guy stuff" by trying to get the citizens of Whiplash city to turn on him. This fails so Snidely uses his large number of goons to attack the Kumquats' village where Nell and Dudley are staying. The Kumquats flee and throw rocks at Snidely's goons. By a stroke of luck, Horse and the royal Canadian mounties arrive to stop Snidely's forces. Snidely and Homer then get into tanks and make one last effort to kill Dudley, but it results with them blowing each others tank up. The narrorator/announcer states that the Prospector had found his long lost wife just as she was made prime minister of Canada and she called upon the cavalry. The head of the Mounties (Nell's father) Inspecter Fenwick reinstates Dudley as a Mountie, while the soot covered Snidely is taken to prison and Fenwick states, "That's the last we'll see of them for a very long time" to which Snidely remarks, "Don't count on it, Totembreath!". The Announcer then concludes, "Dudley had everything a mountie could desire, his horse, his girl and a neat collection of fluffy pillows".
Film's Performance
The film was disappointing at the box office. According to the Box Office Mojo website (http://www.boxofficemojo.com), the movie had an opening weekend gross (domestically) of $3,018,345, which then went on to have a "domestic total gross" of $9,974,410. According to the website, the movie was made on a budget of $70 million. The film currently has a rating of 14% at Rotten Tomatoes.
Film cast
- Brendan Fraser - Dudley Do-Right
- Sarah Jessica Parker - Nell Fenwick
- Alfred Molina - Snidely Whiplash
- Eric Idle - Prospector Kim J. Darling
- Robert Prosky - Inspector Fenwick
- Alex Rocco - Kumquat Chief
- C. Ernst Harth - Shane
- Kathie Lee Gifford - Herself
- Regis Philbin - Himself
