Me, Myself & Irene
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| Me, Myself & Irene | |
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| Directed by | Farrelly Brothers |
| Produced by | Farrelly Brothers Bradley Thomas |
| Written by | Farrelly Brothers Mike Cerrone |
| Starring | Jim Carrey Renée Zellweger Chris Cooper Robert Forster Richard Jenkins |
| Music by | Pete Yorn Lee Scott |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Editing by | Christopher Greenbury |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) |  June 15, 2000 June 22, 2000 September 22, 2000 |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $51,000,000 (estimated) |
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Me, Myself & Irene is a 2000 comedy film directed by the Farrelly Brothers, and starring Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger. Chris Cooper, Robert Forster, Richard Jenkins, Daniel Greene, Anthony Anderson, Jerod Mixon, and Mongo Brownlee co-star.
Tony Cox, Traylor Howard, Anna Kournikova and Cam Neely have cameo roles.
Tagline: "From gentle to mental."
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[edit] Plot
The film follows Charlie Baileygates, a Rhode Island State Police trooper who has been taken advantage of by people throughout his life; even after marriage, his wife cheats on him with a black dwarf limo driver, who eventually steals his wife and leaves Charlie to raise their three highly intelligent but profanity-spewing mixed-race sons. After some time, his anger builds up and Charlie develops a rude and violent split personality named Hank. Believing that Charlie needs a vacation, the force tells him to escort a beautiful woman named Irene Waters to Upstate New York. When some hitmen come after Irene's life, Charlie (and Hank) are called on to save the day -- and the lady.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
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| Jim Carrey | Charlie Baileygates/Hank Evans |
| Renée Zellweger | Irene P. Waters |
| Michael Bowman | Casper/Whitey |
| Chris Cooper | Lieutenant Gerke |
| Robert Forster | Colonel Partington |
| Richard Jenkins | Agent Boshane |
| Daniel Greene | Dickie Thurman |
| Anthony Anderson | Jamal Baileygates |
| Mongo Brownlee | Lee Harvey Baileygates |
| Jerod Mixon | Shonté Jr. Baileygates |
| Tony Cox | Shonté Jackson |
| Traylor Howard | Layla Baileygates |
[edit] Soundtrack
The film's original score was written by Pete Yorn, while the movie's soundtrack contains several covers of Steely Dan songs performed by other bands. Examples are Ben Folds Five's cover of Barrytown and Reelin' in the Years by Marvelous 3. Other songs include "Breakout" by Foo Fighters, "Totalimmortal", originally by AFI but covered by The Offspring, "The World Ain't Slowin' Down" by Ellis Paul, and "Strange Condition" by Pete Yorn
[edit] Box office
Domestic Gross: $90,570,999
International Gross: $58,700,000
Total: $149,270,999
[edit] Trivia
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- Due to their work together on the film, Jim Carrey and Renée Zellweger had a romantic relationship, but soon parted
- During a scene near the end of the movie, Charlie calls another highway patrolman Sea Bass. Sea Bass is the name of a man with whom Carrey's character Lloyd had a conflict in the Farrelly Brothers' comedy Dumb and Dumber and is portrayed by Canadian ice hockey player Cam Neely in both films.
- When Hank gets mad because one of the baseball players throws a cigarette on the ground, the name on their jerseys say "Cerrone". Perhaps named after one of the writers, Mike Cerrone.
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill and several other mental health advocacy groups have issued a stigma-buster email campaign against this movie due to the portrayal of people with mental illnesses.
- A more accurate diagnosis for Charlie's condition would be Dissociative identity disorder, not Schizophrenia. Contrary to popular myth, schizophrenia is spectrum of disorders characterized by hallucinations,delusions and cognitive/social/emotional deficits, not multiple personalites.
- Colonel Partington begins the film as a Captain when the film tells the story of Jim Carey's character, becoming a Colonel when the film is set in present day. However, numerous times throughout the film he is still referred to as Captain.
