Houseguest
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| Houseguest | |
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 Promotional movie poster for Houseguest |
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| Directed by | Randall Miller |
| Produced by | Roger Birnbaum Joe Roth |
| Written by | Michael J. Di Gaetano Lawrence Gay |
| Starring | Sinbad Phil Hartman |
| Music by | John Debney |
| Cinematography | Jerzy Zielinski |
| Editing by | Eric A. Sears |
| Distributed by | Hollywood Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 6, 1995 |
| Running time | 113 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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Houseguest is a 1995 feature film starring Sinbad and Phil Hartman. The film's director was Randall Miller.
The movie centers on a Pittsburgh native Kevin Franklin (Sinbad) who owes $50,000 to the mob. After being caught by the mobsters trying to skip town at the airport, he overhears a conversation between Gary Young (Hartman) and two of his children. Franklin hears Young say that he is waiting for his friend who is a black man. In a hurry, Franklin decides to pose as the man that Young had come to pick up. The man that Franklin ends up posing as is a well known, strait-laced, vegetarian dentist named Derek Bond. In the long run, Franklin's unstable nature actually helps to create stability within the dysfunctional Young family. In the end, he wins over the hearts of the Young family, even though he has lied about his identity.
Some scenes for the movie were shot on location at Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh's historic Hill District, downtown Pittsburgh and the Sewickley, Pennsylvania suburb.
