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      • Dumb and Dumber is regarded as one of the 100 best movies of the 1990s and a certified cult classic. Most of the comedy classic’s success was attributed to the impeccable chemistry of Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.
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  2. Aug 18, 2022 · One of the best comedies of the ’90s, Dumb and Dumber , is iconic for many reasons, not to mention the ridiculous look Jim Carrey adopted for the role. Donning a bowl cut and chipped tooth, these two changes to his appearance really helped to reflect just how much of an idiot Lloyd Christmas is.

    • The Farrelly Brothers Updated An Old Script to Write Dumb and Dumber.
    • Nobody Wanted to Call It Dumb and Dumber—Except The Farrelly Brothers.
    • The Movie Studio That Agreed to Make The Movie Didn’T Want to Make it.
    • The List of Names That Passed Was Pretty Ambitious.
    • The Movie Was Made Because of Jim Carrey.
    • Carrey’s Success Made Him Renegotiate His Acting fee.
    • Carrey Had A Record-Breaking 1994.
    • The Studio Didn’T Want The Filmmakers to Cast Jeff Daniels.
    • Many of The Most Iconic Scenes Were Improvised.
    • Harry and Lloyd Shared A Room with The Shining.

    The first script written by the directing duo was for a movie called Dust to Dust that told the story of two idiot friends who worked at a funeral parlor. They used it to get their foot in the door for meetings in Hollywood, and eventually the Dust to Dust script was bought but was never made into a movie. Years later they resurrected the same idea...

    The script went through a few name changes as it made the rounds because it kept being rejected based solely on the Dumb and Dumber moniker. Because no studio wanted to make a movie called Dumb and Dumber, the Farrellys changed the name of the script to Go West and then A Power Tool is Not a Toy,just to get studio execs to read it.

    The script passed through—and was rejected by—every major Hollywood studio until it made its way to New Line Cinema, where studio president Mike De Luca loved the script and agreed to make it. But Bob Shaye, the studio’s CEO, hated it, and only agreed to greenlight the film if the filmmakers could secure two leads from a list of 25 comedic actors p...

    Nicolas Cage, Martin Short, Steve Martin, Rob Lowe, and Gary Oldman were some of the actors who were on that list. According to Bobby Farrelly, “Occasionally we’ll bump into somebody who will say like, ‘Hey, how come you never offered me a role?’ ‘I offered you Dumb and Dumber.’ But they never got them. You know, you thought you were being turned d...

    Despite the pile of rejections, the filmmakers soldiered on and eventually offered the part of Lloyd Christmas to then-relative-newcomer Jim Carrey. One of the producers knew Carrey from his days as a cast member on In Living Color, and got him the script while he was working on the movie The Mask (which was shot beforeDumb and Dumber). Carrey met ...

    Carrey was initially offered $350,000 to appear in Dumb and Dumber, and continued to negotiate the final number with the studio. But his star-making turn in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective immediately gave him the clout to demand moremoney. He was eventually paid $7 million to appear in the movie (which was shot on a budget of $16 million).

    He became the first actor in history to headline three number one movies at the box office in the same year with Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber.

    The Farrelly brothers approached Jeff Daniels to play Harry Dunne because they enjoyed his dramatic and comedic turn in director Jonathan Demme’s 1986 movie, Something Wild. The studio didn’t want to cast Daniels because he had never appeared in any outright comedic roles, and they didn’t think he’d able to keep up with a comedic kingpin like Carre...

    Peter Farrelly admitted that about 15 percent of the movie was ad-libbed. The directors would have the actors do two takes that adhered to their script and then let the actors improvise in takes after that. Some of the ad-libbed scenes include the “Wanna hear the movie annoying sound in the world,” scene, the moment when Carrey leaves the hotel bar...

    The swanky Danbury Hotel in the movie is actually the Stanely Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado, the allegedly haunted 106-year-old hotel that inspired author Stephen King to pen the horror classicThe Shining. Carrey reportedlyrequestedto stay in the haunted room 217, but checked out after only three hours because of its ghostly power.

  3. Mar 26, 2024 · The Farrellys didn’t know who Jim Carrey was. The year 1994 was absolutely massive for Carrey. It’s the year that turned him into a star. That year, he had Dumb and Dumber, The Mask, and Ace ...

  4. Mar 12, 2024 · Dumb and Dumber Than Ever: Comedy Classic Still Hilarious After 30 Years - Celebs Of The Galaxy. March 12, 2024 Giorgi Ivanashvili. Can you believe it’s been three decades since Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) uttered his now-iconic line, “So you’re telling me there’s a chance?”

  5. Dumb and Dumber is a 1994 American buddy comedy film directed by Peter Farrelly, [1] [2] who cowrote the screenplay with Bobby Farrelly and Bennett Yellin. It is the first installment in the Dumb and Dumber franchise. Starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, it tells the story of Lloyd Christmas (Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Daniels), two dumb but ...

  6. Jun 13, 2022 · Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels portray Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne in the 1994 comedy film "Dumb and Dumber." Because Lloyd is a romantic pining for a woman, Mary (Lauren Holly), whom he had...

  7. Dec 16, 1994 · Roger Ebert December 16, 1994. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The purpose of a comedy is to make you laugh, and there is a moment in "Dumb and Dumber" that made me laugh so loudly I embarrassed myself. I just couldn't stop. It's the moment involving the kid who gets the parakeet.