Tagline: Two’s company. Dupree’s a crowd..
The comedy tells the story of a newlywed couple (Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon) whose relationship problems boil over when the groom’s unemployed best man, Dupree (Owen Wilson), moves in with them for a brief period and seems to have no intention of leaving.
Carl and Molly Peterson are just starting their new life together. There’s just one unfortunate hitch in their perfectly constructed new world… and his name’s Dupree. Randy Dupree, Carl’s oldest friend and perpetual bachelor, has found himself with nowhere to go after being fired. Carl invites him to temporarily crash on the couch.
At first, Carl is quite pleased to have his good buddy as a permanent couch guest, while Molly bears the brunt of Dupree’s immature antics. But, as Carl becomes buried in his grown-up job, he finds it harder and harder to juggle Dupree and his responsibilities as a husband. To make matters worse, Dupree uses his ample spare time to become a great companion for Molly.
Even her dad and the neighbors are falling for his carefree wisdom and charm, frustrating Carl to no end. Soon, everyone (but Carl) begins to root for Dupree to stick around. But as Dupree starts to become a fixture in the Peterson’s home, three becomes not just a crowd, but a full-blown catastrophe.
You, Me and Dupree is a 2006 American romantic comedy film directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo and written by Mike LeSieur. It stars Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Seth Rogen, Amanda Detmer, Todd Stashwick and Michael Douglas.
The film revolves around newlyweds Carl and Molly Peterson (Dillon and Hudson). After Carl’s best man and friend Randolph Dupree (Wilson) loses his job and apartment, the couple allow him to move in but Dupree inevitably overstays his welcome.
The film’s production budget totalled $54 million. Composer Rolfe Kent scored the film, and at the very last minute—a mere week before the press screenings—his score was replaced by one written by Theodore Shapiro. The scene that has Dupree arriving by plane on the wrong island was shot in the same valley as Jurassic Park. In the special features of the film, there is a different version trailer of You, Me and Dupree where in the trailer Dupree and Molly are married and Carl moves in. The DVD release of the film also contains a re-cut trailer horror/thriller version of the film.
On release for 84 days, the film grossed $75,628,110 at the North American domestic box office, and in addition earned $54,803,258 in international markets, for a worldwide total of $130,431,368.
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You, Me and Dupree (2006)
Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Starring: Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas. Seth Rogen, Amanda Detmer, Suzanne Ford, Claudia Choi, Summer Altice, Lance Armstrong, Todd Stashwick
Screenplay by: Mike LeSieur
Production Design by: Barry Robison
Cinematography by: Charles Minsky
Film Editing by: Peter B. Ellis, Debra Neil-Fisher
Costume Design by: Karen Patch
Set Decoration by: Barbara Munch
Art Direction by: Kevin Constant, Paul Sonski
Music by: Theodore Shapiro
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity, crude humor, language and a drug reference.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: July 14, 2006
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