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Little Nicky (2000) is a comedy film written, produced by and starring Adam Sandler. Rhys Ifans, Tom 'Tiny' Lister, Jr., Harvey Keitel, Allen Covert, and Patricia Arquette co-star, with Robert Smigel providing the voice of the talking dog, Mr. Beefy.
Nicky, the only good-hearted son of Satan, goes on a quest to save his father from his evil brothers, Adrian and Cassius. On the way, he learns the basic differences between Earth and Hell (after dying several times), discovers what love is, and acquires a certain fondness for Popeyes Chicken.
Ozzy Osbourne appears briefly in this film as himself, biting the head off a bat.
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Little Nicky (2000) is a comedy film written, produced by and starring Adam Sandler. Rhys Ifans, Tom 'Tiny' Lister, Jr., Harvey Keitel, Allen Covert, and Patricia Arquette co-star, with Robert Smigel providing the voice of the talking dog, Mr. Beefy.
Nicky, the only good-hearted son of Satan, goes on a quest to save his father from his evil brothers, Adrian and Cassius. On the way, he learns the basic differences between Earth and Hell (after dying several times), discovers what love is, and acquires a certain fondness for Popeyes Chicken.
Ozzy Osbourne appears briefly in this film as himself, biting the head off a bat. Other cameos include Dan Marino, Henry Winkler, Dana Carvey, Michael McKean, Rob Schneider, Carl Weathers (playing his Happy Gilmore character, Chubbs Peterson), Rodney Dangerfield, Clint Howard, Jon Lovitz (singing the same tune as was sung by his character in Sandler's The Wedding Singer), Reese Witherspoon, Ellen Cleghorne, Kevin Nealon, Quentin Tarantino and Fred Wolf. The Harlem Globetrotters also are featured in a scene.
Response
Critical reaction to the film was fairly poor. Comedian and former Mystery Science Theater 3000 host Michael J. Nelson named the film the worst comedy ever made. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 22% approval rating. It was also nominated for five awards at the 21st Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture and Worst Actor (Adam Sandler).
Soundtrack
- P.O.D. - School of Hard Knocks
- Incubus - Pardon Me
- Deftones - Change (In the House of Flies)
- Cypress Hill - (Rock) Superstar
- Insolence - Natural High
- Linkin Park - Points of Authority
- Disturbed - Stupify (Fu's Forbidden Little Nicky Remix)
- Unloco - Nothing
- Powerman 5000 - When Worlds Collide
- Muse - Cave
- Filter - Take a Picture
- Deftones - Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) (Acoustic)
- Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane
- AC/DC - Highway to Hell
- Foo Fighters - Everlong
- Van Halen - Running With The Devil
- Zebrahead - Now or Never
- Lit - perfect One
Trivia
- Angus Young of AC/DC was originally set to play the Devil, but dropped out a couple of weeks before shooting for unspecified reasons.
- Nicky has roots in a character named Gil Graham that Sandler portrayed on Weekend Update during his time on Saturday Night Live. Similarities include his speech pattern, his hairstyle, and his affinity for heavy metal music.
- The title character's name, Little Nicky, may be inspired from the skit "Respect" from Adam Sandler's album "What The Hell Happened To Me?" or from a minor character from the cult television series Twin Peaks. This can also be due to the fact that in many European countries "Old Nick" is a common nickname for the devil. The fact that he is the son of Satan would be a logical reason behind the name "Little Nicky"
- Marilyn Manson was originally going to have a role in the movie but he later had to bow out due to conflicting schedules.
- Dana Carvey (Referee) broke his ankle while filming the Harlem Globetrotters basketball game scene.
- The ending was dedicated to Chris Farley, a good friend of Sandler who died in 1997.
- In television re-airings of the film, The Popeye's logo on the Giant box of Popeye's Chicken is blurred, and then when the demon says "Popeye's Chicken is the shiznit", the word Popeye's is removed.
- Carl Weathers reprises his role as Chubbs Peterson, as an angel in Heaven, having regained his hand, who teaches Nicky's mother and her friends how to dance while playing the piano, while saying his famous catch phrase "It's all in the hips.", after having died in Happy Gilmore, a film also starring Adam Sandler.
Cameos
- Ozzy Osbourne as himself
- Dan Marino appears in the movie as himself, his character asking to continue with his team to win the Super Bowl.
- Henry Winkler - appears as himself, being covered in bees by Adrian, again by Nicky twice.
- Dana Carvey - The possessed referee, who is ruining the Globetrotters' game.
- John Witherspoon - He plays the flask thief.
- Carl Weathers - He played Chubbs the golf and dance instructor in Heaven, who also appeared in Happy Gilmore.
- Bill Walton - The commentator of the Globetrotters game.
- Chris Farley - Not seen due to his death in 1997, but is Nicky's mother's new love interest. (Is seen in the DVD ending).
- Quentin Tarantino - Plays a crazy blind man who shouts that the end of the world is near.
- Leah Lail - Plays an angel girlfriend of Nicky's mother.
- Jackie Sandler - Plays another angel girlfriend of Nicky's mother.
Video game
A Game Boy Color game was released based on this film shortly after its release. IGN gave it a rating of 8.0/10.
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