Screwed (film)

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Screwed
Directed by	Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Written by	Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
Starring	Norm Macdonald Dave Chappelle Elaine Stritch Danny DeVito Sarah Silverman Sherman Helmsley
Music by	Michel Colombier
Cinematography	Robert Brinkmann
Distributed by	Universal Studios
Release date(s)	May 12, 2000
Running time	81 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Gross profits	$6,982,680
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Screwed is a 2000 comedy film starring Norm Macdonald and Dave Chappelle, and written and directed by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.

The film, released by Universal Studios, is rated PG-13 (in the United States) for crude and sex-related humor, nudity, language, some violence and brief drug content.

The film also stars Elaine Stritch, Danny DeVito, Sarah Silverman, and Sherman Helmsley.

It went through a number of title changes before the producers finally settled on "Screwed"; preliminary titles included "Pittsburgh" (the name of the Pennsylvania city in which the film takes place) and also "Ballbusted" (due to Stritch's character's harshness exhibited throughout the movie; at one point, Chappelle's character refers to her as a "ballbuster").

An overworked, underpaid chauffeur kidnaps his boss's dog when she (the boss) refuses to buy him a new uniform. The dog is held for a $1,000,000 ransom; this plan fails and the chauffeur pursues other ways to get even. Their plan went wrong when they get the money only to lose it to two small children. Norm's character is then found by the police and sent to a hospital. Then, the police find a dead body that was supposed to take the place of Norm as he made his getaway. Now the police are after the coroner accomplice who goes on a rampage looking for revenge.

[edit] External link

• Screwed at the Internet Movie Database