Little Man [UMD] DVD

Little Man
Fate brings a childless couple a bundle of joy -- who happens to have a criminal record -- in this comedy directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. Calvin Simms (Marlon Wayans) is a master criminal who with the help of his friend and sidekick, Percy (Tracy Morgan), plans a daring robbery of a museum where one of the world's largest diamonds is on display. One of reasons Calvin is able to get inside secure areas is his size -- Calvin is dwarf who stands less than two feet tall, and can slip in unnoticed where more conventionally sized people would not. While Calvin is able to get the diamond, he's nearly caught by the police while making his getaway, and stashes the jewel in a bag carried by a passerby. Eager to recover the diamond from the unwitting accomplice, Calvin and Percy figure out a way to get into his house -- they dress Calvin up as a baby, and leave him on the doorstep of the passerby's home. As it happens, the couple who live there (Shawn Wayans and Kerry Washington) have been wanting to have a baby, and they eagerly take the new arrival under their wing, embracing the joys of parenthood while ignoring some of the toddler's unusual behavior. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast Marlon Wayans as Calvin Sims Shawn Wayans as Darryl Edwards Kerry Washington as Vanessa Edwards John Witherspoon as Pops Tracy Morgan as Percy Lochlyn Munro as Greg Chazz Palminteri as Walken Gabe Pimental as Calvin Body Molly Shannon as Soccer Mom Linden Porco as Calvin Body David Alan Grier as David Dave Sheridan as Rosco Fred Stoller as Richard Brittany Daniel as Brittany Alex Borstein as Janet Coffield Kelly Park as The Jeweller Damien Wayans as Officer Wilson Gary Owen as Officer Jankowski John De Santis as Bruno Chloe Mathews as Chrissy Matthew Ast as Tommy Reece Leslie Knight as Nicholas Malcom Scott as Big Fan Christopher Gauthier as Big Fan's Buddy Nancy Bell as Older White Lady Ken Kramer as Doctor Murphy Glenn Ennis as Fontana Moneca Delain as Hockey Waitress Sabine Raskin as Little Girl Sebastian Godbout as Little Boy Michael Bardach as Cellmate Fraser Attcheson as Muscular Inmate Anthony St. John as Scrawny Inmate Christopher Burns as Guard Mark Docherty as News Anchor Peter Hanlon as Representative Jeff Ballard as Ballplayer Kai Kennedy as Park Boy Isaiah States as Park Boy Stephen Thompson as Park Boy Anthony Harrison as Policeman Josh Laster as Van Kid Samantha Laster as Van Kid Brett Irving Coppa as Dinosaurus Rex Kid Taylor Weaver as Dinosaurus Rex Kid

Crew Gwendolyn Margetson - Art Director Lisa Beach - Casting Sean Cossey - Casting Stuart Aikins - Casting Sarah Katzman - Casting Paul Becker - Choreography Jori Woodman - Costume Designer Sandra Watson - Costume Designer Jim Brebner - First Assistant Director Keenen Ivory Wayans - Director Mike Jackson - Editor Nick Moore - Editor Michael J. Burmeister - Location Manager Kendrie Upton - Location Manager Teddy Castellucci - Composer (Music Score) Lisa Brown - Musical Direction/Supervision Keith Vanderlaan - Makeup Alexei O'Brien - Makeup Mark Neiman - Makeup Dean Heselden - Camera Operator Vern Nobles, Jr. - Camera Operator Leslie Dilley - Production Designer Steven Bernstein - Cinematographer Rick Alvarez - Producer Lee R. Mayes - Producer Shawn Wayans - Producer Keenen Ivory Wayans - Producer Marlon Wayans - Producer Alexander Kameniczky - Set Designer Rodrigo Segovia - Set Designer Eric Batut - Sound/Sound Designer Eddie Watkins - Stunts Coordinator Marshall Virtue - Stunts Coordinator Jim Rowe - Unit Production Manager Billy Higgins - Unit Production Manager Lee R. Mayes - Unit Production Manager Marlon Wayans - Screenwriter Keenen Ivory Wayans - Screenwriter Shawn Wayans - Screenwriter Alex Bicknell - Visual Effects Supervisor Alexei O'Brien - Animatronic Effects Keith Vanderlaan - Animatronic Effects Peter G. Capadouca - Gaffer Isabel Henderson - Post Production Supervisor Eva Morgan - Production Coordinator Nicolas Stern - Production Coordinator RD Fairbairn - Properties Master Andy Koyama - Re-Recording Mixer Stephanie Rossel - Script Supervisor James Bitonti - Second Assistant Director Michael Pohorly - Second Assistant Director Gary Paller - Special Effects Coordinator Dean Heselden - Steadicam Operator Scott A. Hecker - Supervising Sound Editor Debra Wiebe - Key Hairstylist Yvonne Connor - Key Make-up Sandra Matossi - Production Accountant Moving Picture Company - Visual Effects Tedd Kuchera - Set Decorator Jeff Butterworth - Special Effects Foreman R. Orlando Duenas - Visual Effects Editor Linda Villalobos - Department Head Hair Rebecca DeHerrera - Department Head Makeup

Little Man
If you thought White Chicks had a high implausibility factor, Little Man is off the proverbial charts. The Wayans brothers -- director Keenen and stars Marlon and Shawn, who split the writing credit among them -- are back with a comedy that proves what mental midgets they truly are. The movie is so suffused with political incorrectness, the viewer has almost no choice but to accept it as a running constant, and thereby, almost stop noticing it altogether. Little Man is offensive, and not just to little people. But its greater problem is that it's too obvious by half. The Wayanses have crammed in every possible joke about how a miniature ex-con would take advantage of going undercover as a baby -- let's not stop to ponder that concept too closely -- but haven't come up with anything truly surprising, anything that might provoke laughter among thinking people. Of course he looks forward to breast feeding. Of course he likes blaming his bad behavior on "grown ups." And of course he fears having his temperature taken rectally. The movie being so predictable tends to overshadow the problem that the scenario is utterly ludicrous. There's no way dozens of normal people would mistake Marlon Wayans for an actual baby, especially given his constant attempts to sabotage himself through unusual feats of strength, agility and intellect. Just how unusual they are changes from scene to scene. This movie can't decide whether he's supposed to play an infant, given the aforementioned nursing, or a five-year-old, given his unlikely participation in a touch football game. Keenen Ivory Wayans has enlisted a diverse array of sketch comedy veterans to help his brothers, including David Alan Grier, Tracy Morgan, Molly Shannon and Alex Borstein. But even their involvement leaves Little Man less fun than a bad case of diaper rash. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, French Subtitle Options: English, French, KO, Por, Spanish, TH Sound Processing: Additional Features: DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 98 min