Taglines: He’s big, he’s bad and he’s babysitting. He doesn’t stand a chance.
Mr. Nanny movie storyline. Set in Palm Beach, Florida, Sean Armstrong (Hulk Hogan) is a former wrestler and Burt Wilson (Sherman Hemsley) is his friend and former manager, now running a bodyguard service. Sean is suffering from wrestler-days’ nightmares, while Burt has a bum leg from saving Sean’s life and financial difficulties.
With much whining and acting, Burt manages to persuade Sean to take a bodyguard job for Alex Mason, Sr. (Austin Pendleton), the head of the prestigious tech firm, Mason Systems, which is developing a new anti-missile system, the Peacefinder Project. The vital information for this project is stored on a microchip. But it is neither the inventor nor the chip Sean has to guard – he is to look after the two Mason kids: 12-year old Alex Jr. (Robert Hy Gorman) and 8-year old Kate (Madeline Zima).
As it turns out, Alex and Kate are two highly mischievous brats who vie for their often-too-absent father’s attention by wreaking havoc in the household via elaborate and rather vicious pranks and booby-traps, with their specialty targets being the nannies he has assigned to take care of them (Alex Sr. is a widower). Sean witnesses the last nanny jumping into the fountain in front of the house to extinguish the fire in her hair.
However, their father proves to be either too distracted or too lenient, which causes the children to continue their schemes. Thinking that he is a new (albeit unusual) replacement, they find a new target in Sean. But after one prank too many, which involves a swimming pool full of red dye (“the Pit of Blood”), Sean finally exerts his authority and not only gets to quiet Alex and Kate down, he also manages to open the eyes of their father to his family problems.
Mr. Nanny is a 1993 family comedy film starring professional wrestler Hulk Hogan. The working title of the film was Rough Stuff, and David Johansen (who plays the villain) also recorded a song by that name for the film.
Mr. Nanny (1993)
Directed by: Michael Gottlieb
Starring: Hulk Hogan, Sherman Hemsley, Austin Pendleton, Roberrt Gorman, Madeline Zima, Raymond O’Connor, Mother Love, David Johansen, Kelly Erin, James Coffey
Screenplay by: Michael Gottlieb, Edward Rugoff
Production Design by: Don De Fina
Cinematography by: Peter Stein
Film Editing by: Earl Ghaffari, Michael Ripps
Costume Design by: Marianna Åström-De Fina
Set Decoration by: Barbara Peterson-Malesci
Art Direction by: Jose Duarte
Music by: David Johansen, Brian Koonin
MPAA Rating: PG for comic action and mild language.
Distributed by: New Line Cinema
Release Date: October 8, 1993
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