Directed by:
Tom Shadyac
Written by:
David Sheffield
Barry W. Blaustein
Tom Shadyac
Steve Oedekerk
Based on the 1963 motion picture by:
Jerry Lewis
Bill Richmond
Genre:
Comedy | Romance | Sci-Fi
Runtime:
95 mins
Plot:
Grossly overweight yet good-hearted professor Sherman Klump takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.
Release Date:
June 28, 1996
Reception:
Cast:
Eddie Murphy
Jada Pinkett Smith
James Coburn
Larry Miller
Dave Chapelle
John Ales
Patricia Wilson
Jamal Mixon
Wins
- Best Achievement in Makeup | Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
Wins
- Best Make Up & Hair | Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson
Nominations
- Best Special Visual Effects | Jon Farhat
Nominations
- Best Actor – Musical or Comedy | Eddie Murphy