Mousehunt

United States, 1997

Film
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When their elderly father dies, two brothers inherit the family business - the Smuntz string factory - along with a dilapidated house. Ernie Smuntz (Nathan Lane) was a once revered chef but is no more thanks to an unfortunate incident involving the mayor and a cockroach; brother Lars (Lee Evans) is a devoted string factory worker. On viewing the house they discover that it was designed by a revered architect at the turn of the century and is potentially worth millions. The only obstacle to the impending fortune is one wily long time resident, a mouse that’s proving impossible to catch. Christopher Walken has a brief role as a pest exterminator. The film is rated PG due to potentially horrible traps laid by each opponent, including a freakish cat. Cast also includes Vicki Lewis, Eric Christmas and Maury Chaykin.

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Credits

director

Gore Verbinski

co-producer

Alan Richie

Bruce Cohen

Tony Ludwig

production company

NBCUniversal

Duration

01:33:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1997

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

317536

Languages

Danish

Dutch

Dutch

English

English

English

Finnish

German

German

Norwegian

Norwegian

Swedish

Swedish

Audience classification

PG

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

DVD; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q685163

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