Taglines: In a town where nothing ever happens… everything is about to happen to Sully.
Nobody’s Fool movie storyline. Sully is a rascally ne’er-do-well approaching retirement age. While he is pressing a worker’s compensation suit for a bad knee, he secretly works for his nemesis, Carl, and flirts with Carl’s young wife Toby. Sully’s long- forgotten son and family have moved back to town, so Sully faces unfamiliar family responsibilities. Meanwhile, Sully’s landlady’s banker son plots to push through a new development and evict Sully from his mother’s life.
Nobody’s Fool is a 1994 American comedy-drama film based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Richard Russo. The film was written for the screen and directed by Robert Benton and stars Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Dylan Walsh, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Josef Sommer, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Philip Bosco. It was Paramount’s final production under its Paramount Communications ownership and Jessica Tandy’s final produced film before her death on September 11, 1994.
Nobody’s Fool (1994)
Directed by: Robert Benton
Starring: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis, Dylan Walsh, Melanie Griffith, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Gene Saks, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Dent
Screenplay by: Robert Benton
Production Design by: David Gropman
Cinematography by: John Bailey
Film Editing by: John Bloom
Costume Design by: Joseph G. Aulisi
Set Decoration by: Gretchen Rau
Art Direction by: Dan Davis
Music by: Howard Shore
MPAA Rating: R for some language and nudity.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: December 23, 1994
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