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Getting Even with Dad is a 1994 comedy
Comedy

Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western culture origins are found in Ancient Greece....
 film starring Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Culkin

Macaulay Carson Culkin is an United States actor. He is best known for portraying Kevin McCallister in Home Alone and the Richie Rich of Richie Rich ....
 and Ted Danson
Ted Danson

Edward Bridge ?Ted? Danson III is an United States actor best known for his role as central character, "Sam Malone," in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as, "Dr....
.
movie is about a dysfunctional father-son relationship. Timmy Gleason (Culkin) is Ray Gleason (Danson)'s estranged son, who tries to blackmail
Blackmail

Blackmail is the crime of threatening to reveal Substantial truth information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a demand made upon the victim is met....
 his ex-con father into spending time with him. Ray and two cronies (played by Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek is a Canada film actor, often cast as a shady professional....
 and Gailard Sartain
Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain is an American comedic and serious actor, often playing characters with roots in the southern United States. He is also an accomplished and successful painter and illustrator....
) pull off a rare coin heist, and then Timmy arrives wanting to share father-son time.






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Getting Even with Dad is a 1994 comedy
Comedy

Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western culture origins are found in Ancient Greece....
 film starring Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Culkin

Macaulay Carson Culkin is an United States actor. He is best known for portraying Kevin McCallister in Home Alone and the Richie Rich of Richie Rich ....
 and Ted Danson
Ted Danson

Edward Bridge ?Ted? Danson III is an United States actor best known for his role as central character, "Sam Malone," in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as, "Dr....
.

Plot summary

The movie is about a dysfunctional father-son relationship. Timmy Gleason (Culkin) is Ray Gleason (Danson)'s estranged son, who tries to blackmail
Blackmail

Blackmail is the crime of threatening to reveal Substantial truth information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a demand made upon the victim is met....
 his ex-con father into spending time with him. Ray and two cronies (played by Saul Rubinek
Saul Rubinek

Saul Rubinek is a Canada film actor, often cast as a shady professional....
 and Gailard Sartain
Gailard Sartain

Gailard Sartain is an American comedic and serious actor, often playing characters with roots in the southern United States. He is also an accomplished and successful painter and illustrator....
) pull off a rare coin heist, and then Timmy arrives wanting to share father-son time. Timmy hides the coins and uses them to blackmail his father. The police are suspicious of Ray, and Det. Theresa Walsh (Glenne Headly
Glenne Headly

Glenne Aimee Headly is an United States actor of film, Theatre and television....
) is over-zealous in her undercover observance of Ray and Timmy.

Cast

  • Macaulay Culkin
    Macaulay Culkin

    Macaulay Carson Culkin is an United States actor. He is best known for portraying Kevin McCallister in Home Alone and the Richie Rich of Richie Rich ....
    : Timmy
  • Ted Danson
    Ted Danson

    Edward Bridge ?Ted? Danson III is an United States actor best known for his role as central character, "Sam Malone," in the sitcom Cheers, and his role as, "Dr....
    : Ray
  • Glenne Headly
    Glenne Headly

    Glenne Aimee Headly is an United States actor of film, Theatre and television....
    : Theresa
  • Saul Rubinek
    Saul Rubinek

    Saul Rubinek is a Canada film actor, often cast as a shady professional....
    : Bobby
  • Gailard Sartain
    Gailard Sartain

    Gailard Sartain is an American comedic and serious actor, often playing characters with roots in the southern United States. He is also an accomplished and successful painter and illustrator....
    : Carl
  • Hector Elizondo
    Hector Elizondo

    H?ctor Elizondo is a Golden Globes-nominated and Emmy Awards-winning United States actor....
    : Lt. Romayko
  • Sydney Walker
    Sydney Walker

    Sydney Walker was an U.S. actor.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sydney Walker was primarily a stage actor, performing in twenty-eight Broadway theatre plays between 1961 and 1973....
    : Mr. Wankmueller
  • Kathleen Wilhoite
    Kathleen Wilhoite

    Kathleen Wilhoite is an United States film and television actress. She also voiced the title character in the animated series Pepper Ann....
    : Kitty


Miscellaneous

  • Macaulay Culkin's character was supposed to have a short haircut in this movie, but Macaulay who had let his hair grow at the time liked his looks and did not want to cut it. His father Kit Culkin
    Kit Culkin

    Christopher Cornelius "Kit" Culkin is an United States stage actor, most famous for his productions on Broadway ....
     demanded on behalf of his son that he should keep his hair the way it was. Pointing out that his character was a working class boy, not a prep school boy. Macaulay got to keep his long hair.


  • Saul Rubinek
    Saul Rubinek

    Saul Rubinek is a Canada film actor, often cast as a shady professional....
     was really hit in the nose with a bat during the scene where he falls down the stairs at the stadium. Since Rubinek was caught off guard, his reaction gave the scene a more realistic look. The director, not thinking twice, decided to leave it in the final cut


  • The theme park featured in the movie was California's Great America located in Santa Clara, California
    Santa Clara, California

    Santa Clara, California , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in the U.S. state of California....
    .


  • Ray's appartment in the movie is located at the corner of Jackson and Mason St in Chinatown, San francisco.


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