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Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo is a 1999 American sex comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell in his feature-length directorial debut, written by Harris Goldberg and Rob Schneider, and starring Schneider, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin, and Arija Bareikis. The film tells the story of a hapless fishtank cleaner who goes into business as a male sex worker in an attempt to earn enough money to repair damage he caused while house-sitting. The film is notable for being the first film produced by Happy Madison Productions.

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mike Mitchell
Written by	Harris Goldberg Rob Schneider
Produced by	Barry Bernandi Sid Ganis
Starring	Rob Schneider William Forsythe Eddie Griffin Arija Bareikis
Cinematography	Peter Lyons Collister
Edited by	George Bowers Lawrence Jordan
Music by	Teddy Castellucci
Production companies	Touchstone Pictures Happy Madison Productions Out of the Blue... Entertainment
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	December 10, 1999 (1999-12-10)
Running time	88 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$17 million[2]
Box office	$92.9 million[2]

The film was released on December 10, 1999 by Buena Vista Pictures (through its Touchstone Pictures label). While the film received negative reviews from critics, it was a box office success, grossing $92 million worldwide on a $17 million budget.[2]

A sequel, titled Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, was released in 2005 by Columbia Pictures instead of Touchstone Pictures.

Plot

Deuce Bigalow, an insecure fishtank cleaner, is fired for cleaning the tank at a public aquarium while naked. Deuce is unsuccessful in attracting women, so he attempts to keep himself busy at work. On a house call, he meets the Argentinian male prostitute Antoine Laconte. Antoine is going on a business trip, and so asks Deuce to care for his sick lionfish and protect his home while he is away. Deuce accidentally sets Antoine's kitchen on fire when trying to make a grilled cheese sandwich in the toaster, and breaks an expensive fish tank, causing a lot of water damage.

Fearing Antoine will kill him (Antoine even tells him he will if he messes the place up), Deuce is forced to find a way to pay $6,000 for the damage. Low-rent pimp T.J. Hicks offers to help Deuce make enough money to buy a new fish tank, and convinces Deuce to take over the absent Antoine's role as a gigolo. Deuce decides to make the clients feel better about themselves since he only desires to have sex with beautiful women.

Deuce meets unusual clients but he still manages to get along with them, despite there being no sex involved, by helping them with certain issues in their lives. The clients include Carol, a woman who is severely narcoleptic; Ruth, who has Tourette syndrome with coprolalia, and therefore is afraid of socializing; Fluisa, an mannish obese woman weighing close to 750 pounds; and Tina, a woman that has a pituitary gland disorder and is extremely tall. Deuce's list of clients gradually increases, with each client being satisfied by much more fulfilling measures due to his personal attention and friendship. However, Deuce falls in love with one of his clients, Kate, who has a prosthetic leg. She later breaks up with Deuce when she finds out that he was a prostitute hired by her friends.

Meanwhile, Deuce is being stalked by Detective Chuck Fowler, who demands Antoine's "black book" of clients and threatens to take Deuce to jail if he does not comply. Deuce eventually helps Fowler please his wife by stripping and erotically dancing for her, and the two make amends. Deuce is still taken into custody on prostitution charges, as Fowler needs someone to bring in and Deuce refuses to betray his friend T.J. At the hearing, it is revealed that Deuce never slept with any of the clients except for Kate. Since Deuce gave back the money to Kate and was not paid for sex with her, he is cleared of all charges.

Using the money he made, Deuce restores Antoine's fish tank, although due to time constraints, he is warned that the glass may not be installed properly. Unfortunately, Kate's blind roommate accidentally kills the prize fish in Antoine's aquarium when she starts the mixer in which the fish was being kept. Deuce buys a replacement fish and returns to Antoine's house just before he returns. Antoine taps the new aquarium and the glass shatters. Deuce then reveals his prostituting adventures to the furious Antoine. Enraged, Antoine tries to kill Deuce and at one point shoots a crossbow bolt at him. Fluisa shows up, comes between the two men, and saves Deuce's life (she is not killed because the bolt hits her breasts, between which she has hidden a roast chicken). Antoine is then arrested by Detective Fowler and Deuce marries Kate.

The end sequences then follow. Deuce's father becomes a male prostitute. Fluisa underwent extensive liposuction and became a model in Victoria's Secret known as Naomi. Ruth opens up an all-girls school for people with Tourette's. Carol manages to fulfill her dream trip to France and dies falling off the Eiffel Tower. T.J. starts his own reality show dedicated to his experiences as a male prostitute. An incarcerated Antoine marries Tina.

Cast

Production

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Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo is the first film released by the Happy Madison Productions film production company. Adam Sandler served as the film's executive producer. Sandler also shouted the insults "Freak!" and other offscreen lines.

Soundtrack

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	December 14, 1999 (1999-12-14)
Recorded	1999
Genre	Soundtrack
Label	Hollywood Records

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

1. "Call Me" - Blondie
2. "Spill the Wine" - Eric Burdon and War
3. "You Sexy Thing" - Hot Chocolate
4. "Get Down Tonight" - KC and the Sunshine Band
5. "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
6. "I'm Not in Love" - 10cc
7. "Magnet and Steel" - Walter Egan
8. "No Worries" - Hepcat
9. "Can't Smile Without You" - Sean Beal
10. "Lift Me Up" - Jeff Lynne
11. "Call Me" - Emilia Maiello

Release

Box office

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo opened theatrically on December 10, 1999 in 2,154 venues and earned $12,224,016 in its opening weekend, ranking third in the North American box office behind Toy Story 2's fourth weekend and fellow newcomer The Green Mile.[4] The film ended its run, having grossed $65,538,755 in the United States and Canada, and $27,400,000 overseas for a worldwide total of $92,938,755. Based on a $17 million budget, the film was a box office success.[2]

Critical reception

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo received negative reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 22% based on 76 reviews, with an average rating of 4.01/10. The site's consensus states: "According to critics, Deuce Bigalow is just too dumb and filled with old, tired gags."[5] On Metacritic it has a score of 30 out of 100 based on reviews from 26 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[6] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B.[7]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one-and-a-half out of four stars, stating "It's the kind of picture those View n' Brew theaters were made for, as long as you don't View."[8] Kendall Morgan from The Dallas Morning News writes in her review, "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo makes There's Something About Mary look like Masterpiece Theatre."[9]

Sequel

In 2005, a sequel, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, was released by Columbia Pictures instead of Touchstone Pictures.

References

External links

• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo at IMDb 
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo at AllMovie
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo at Box Office Mojo
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo at Metacritic
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo at Rotten Tomatoes
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo at the TCM Movie Database

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[de] Rent a Man – Ein Mann für gewisse Sekunden

Rent a Man – Ein Mann für gewisse Sekunden (Alternativtitel: Rent-a-Man, Rent a Man, Rent a Man – Ein Mann für gewisse Stunden; Originaltitel: Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo) ist eine US-amerikanische Filmkomödie von Mike Mitchell aus dem Jahr 1999. Der Film wurde von Touchstone Pictures produziert und vertrieben.

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[ru] Мужчина по вызову

«Мужчи́на по вы́зову» (англ. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (дословно — рус. Дьюс Бигалоу: Парень Жиголо)) — американский комедийный фильм 1999 года режиссёра Майка Митчелла. В главной роли — Роб Шнайдер.

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