The Nutty Professor

Theatrical - Wide 1996-06-28

Cast Eddie Murphy James Coburn Larry Miller Dave Chappelle John Ales
Directed by Tom Shadyac
Written by Steve Oedekerk David Sheffield Tom Shadyac

Box Office Gross: $128,769,345

Running Time: 95 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Eddie Murphy Productions

Genres: Comedy Romance

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When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes ‘Buddy Love’, a... See more fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.

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