A Night at the Roxbury

A Night at the Roxbury
A Night at the Roxbury

Theatrical poster
Directed by John Fortenberry
Produced by Amy Heckerling
Lorne Michaels
Written by Will Ferrell
Chris Kattan
Starring Will Ferrell
Chris Kattan
Molly Shannon
Loni Anderson
Dan Hedaya
Music by David Kitay
Cinematography Francis Kenny
Editing by Jay Kamen
Studio SNL Studios
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
United International Pictures
Release date(s) October 2, 1998
Running time 81 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $17,000,000 (estimated)
Box office $30,331,165[1][2]

A Night at the Roxbury is a 1998 comedy film based on a recurring skit on television's long-running Saturday Night Live called "The Roxbury Guys." Saturday Night Live regulars Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Molly Shannon, and Colin Quinn star.

The film sees Kattan and Ferrell reprise their SNL characters, dense nightclubbing brothers Doug and Steve Butabi. In the original sketches, Doug and Steve were often joined by that night's guest, credited as 'barhop' (including turns by Jim Carrey, Tom Hanks, Martin Short, Alec Baldwin, Jack Nicholson, and Sylvester Stallone parodying his familiar Rocky Balboa role). However the barhop role was dropped during production of the film.

Other roles include Jennifer Coolidge as a police officer, Chazz Palminteri's uncredited role as gregarious night club impresario Mr. Benny Zadir, and Colin Quinn as his bodyguard. Ex-SNLer Mark McKinney has a cameo as a priest officiating a wedding.

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Plot

Wealthy Yemeni-American brothers Steve (Will Ferrell) and Doug Butabi (Chris Kattan) enjoy frequenting nightclubs, where they bob their heads in unison to dance music (specifically Haddaway's hit song "What Is Love") and fail miserably at picking up women. Their dream is to party at the Roxbury, a fabled nightclub where they are continually denied entrance by a hulking bouncer (Michael Clarke Duncan). By day, the brothers work at an artificial plant store owned by their wealthy father, Kamehl Butabi (Dan Hedaya). They spend most of their time goofing off, daydreaming about opening a club as cool as the Roxbury together, and Doug using credit card transactions as an excuse to hit on a phone approval operator. The store shares a wall with a lighting emporium owned by Fred Sanderson (Dwayne Hickman). Mr. Butabi and Mr. Sanderson hope that Steve and Emily (Molly Shannon), Sanderson's daughter, will marry, uniting the families and the businesses to form the first plant-lamp emporium.

After a day at the beach the brothers decide that tonight is the night they will finally get into the Roxbury. Returning home, Doug gets into a heated argument with their father about going out clubbing instead of staying home. Their father has planned a dinner party with Emily and her parents. The angered Mr. Butabi then denies them access to their BMW car and their cell phones. They are given enormous cell phones by their mother (Loni Anderson) and allowed use of the fake-plant store's delivery van, they are quickly rejected by the doorman (Michael Clarke Duncan). After discovering they might bribe their way into the club, the brothers drive around looking for an ATM. They get into a fender-bender with Richard Grieco (playing himself) and to avoid a lawsuit, Grieco uses his fame to get them into the popular club. There they meet the owner of the Roxbury, Benny Zadir (Chazz Palminteri), who listens to their idea for a nightclub of their own. He likes them and sets up a meeting with them for the next day. The brothers also meet a pair of women at the Roxbury: Vivica (Gigi Rice) and Cambi (Elisa Donovan), who see them talking to Zadir and think that the brothers are rich.

On the way to the after party at Mr. Zadir's house, the brothers annoy his driver and bodyguard Dooey (Colin Quinn) by making him stop to buy fluffy whip and making jokes about sleeping with his parents. As revenge, the next day Dooey denies them entry into Zadir's office for their meeting. He tells the brothers that Zadir was drunk out of his mind last night and does not know who they are. In reality, Zadir really wants to see them, but does not have their contact information. The girls break up with the Butabi brothers after realizing they are not really wealthy. The brothers fight and Doug moves out of their shared bedroom and into the guest house. Meanwhile Steve is forced into an engagement with Emily. The wedding is held in the backyard of the Butabi residence, but is interrupted by Doug. Having gone on a fluffy-whip-fueled bender, he interrupts the wedding, reconciles with his brother, and the wedding is called off. Afterwards, Richard Grieco (a guest at the wedding) talks to Mr. Butabi to help him understand that Steve was not ready for marriage, and that Butabi is too hard on Doug.

The movie ends as the Butabi brothers happen upon a hot new club. The building is unique in that the exterior is constructed to resemble the interior of a nightclub, and the interior resembles a street — this was an idea pitched by Doug and Steve to Zadir earlier in the movie. Attempting to enter, they are surprised to find their names on the VIP list. In addition, Zadir reveals that to reward their idea, he has made them part-owners of the club. Their new-found success comes full circle when they meet a pair of sisters in the club: Doug's phone representative from the credit card company (Meredith Scott Lynn) and a police officer (Jennifer Coolidge) whom Steve earlier flirted with while getting a ticket.

Cast

Soundtrack

Night at the Roxbury
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released September 29, 1998
Genre Pop
Length 60:40
Label DreamWorks
Producer David Kitay

Released on CD.

  1. "What Is Love" – Haddaway (3:35)
  2. "Bamboogie (Radio Edit)" – Bamboo (3:15)
  3. "Make That Money (Roxbury Remix)" – Robi Rob's Club World (3:51)
  4. "Disco Inferno" – Cyndi Lauper (3:18)
  5. "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" – N-Trance featuring Rod Stewart (3:25)
  6. "Pop Muzik" – 3rd Party (3:05)
  7. "Insomnia (Monster Mix)" – Faithless (3:45)
  8. "Be My Lover (Club Mix)" – La Bouche (5:35)
  9. "This Is Your Night" – Amber (3:52)
  10. "Beautiful Life" – Ace of Base (3:11)
  11. "Where Do You Go (Ocean Drive Mix)" – No Mercy (7:21)
  12. "A Little Bit of Ecstasy" – Jocelyn Enriquez (3:59)
  13. "Careless Whisper" – Tamia (5:27)
  14. "What is Love? (Refreshmento Extro Radio Mix)" – Haddaway

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Reception

The film was universally panned by critics, garnering an 11% Rating on Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus that "A Night at the Roxbury suffers from what every SNL movie has: a stupid plot, poor acting, and terrible dialogue."

References

  1. ^ 'LA Times' – Studios See $$ in Less-Than-Worthy 'SNL' Film Spinoffs
  2. ^ A Night at the Roxbury (1998) – Box Office Mojo
  3. ^ SoundtrackINFO: Night at the Roxbury Soundtrack Tracklisting

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