Irreverent and politically incorrect humor. Often using extreme, risque gross-out gags, and broad stereotypes.
Fact
Graduated from Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island.
The Farrelly brothers are American film directors, producers, and screenwriters. The brothers are known for their films Dumb and Dumber (1994), Kingpin (1996), There’s Something About Mary (1998), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Shallow Hal (2001), Stuck on You (2003), Fever Pitch (2005), The Heartbreak Kid (2007), Hall Pass (2011), Dumb and Dumber To (2014), and the upcoming The Three Stooges.
The Farrelly brothers were born and raised in Cumberland, Rhode Island. Their parents were of Irish descent. They have four siblings: two sisters and two brothers. The brothers attended the Catholic school Our Lady of Victory. They later attended Providence College.
The Farrelly brothers began their careers writing for the television show Saturday Night Live. They also wrote for the sitcoms Seinfeld, Coach, and Wings. Their first film was Dumb and Dumber, which they co-wrote and co-produced. The film was a box office success, grossing over $247 million worldwide.
The Farrelly brothers have had a successful career in Hollywood. Their films have grossed over $2 billion worldwide. They have been nominated for several awards, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award.
General Info
Date Of Birth
December 17, 1956
Profession
Screenwriter, Television producer, Film producer, Film director, Novelist
Education
Kent School, Columbia University, Providence College
Irreverent and politically incorrect humor. Often using extreme, risque gross-out gags, and broad stereotypes.
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Almost all of his films feature at least one character who suffers froma mental or physical disability, (e.g. "Warren" from There's Something About Mary (1998), "Charlie/Hank" from _Me, Myself and Irene (2000)_, "Walt" from Shallow Hal (2001), "Rocket" from Stuck on You (2003).
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Usually includes hit songs from the 1970s in his films
Films often contain flashback scenes that show how a character was affected by a traumatic event
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We're the anti-Coens. Nobody analyzes our filmmaking, and we don't want them to. [on he and his brother]
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"I love Kingpin (1996). That movie was the biggest disappointment we ever had in our career. They opened it up in the middle of the 1996 Olympics, had zero ads during the Olympics and the box office in the States was a fifth of what Dumb & Dumber (1994) did. It was crushing. And then you also start feeling, shit, maybe it's not that funny. It was a bummer. It wasn't until about six to eight months later when it came out on video that it became a huge hit. I have more people approach me about Kingpin (1996) now than any other movie".
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"I think Me, Myself & Irene (2000) is our worst film, but the first 30 minutes are as good as anything we've ever done. The problem is with that story is, after those first 30 minutes, it turns into a chase scene. But I don't think the problem is that we went too far, I just think the story wasn't any good".
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"I was particularly pissed off about some of the articles written about Shallow Hal (2001) because I felt they were missing the point of the whole movie. We're saying it doesn't matter. I'm attracted to my wife, but eventually my wife isn't going to look like she looks now. But I'm still gonna love her and it's not because of how she looks. Also zero letters - lots of articles in the paper about this, but not once did I get a letter from a heavy person saying 'I saw your movie and I think it sucked because you picked on heavy people'. None. In my heart I knew that we weren't doing what they claimed we were doing in the press'".
Worked as a salesman. He hated it, so he moved to a new city and worked as a waiter for a while until he decided to get his Masters in Creative Writing.
Originally studied to get his master's degree at UMass-Amherst, but soon transferred to Columbia University where he graduated with a master's in creative writing.
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In most of the films he and his brother directed, they often show normal people as stupid morons (Dumb & Dumber (1994)) while they show handicapped people as normal and gifted (Stuck on You (2003), Shallow Hal (2001), Me, Myself & Irene (2000).
