My Cousin Vinny
My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn, from a screenplay by Dale Launer. The film stars Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Lane Smith, Bruce McGill, and Fred Gwynne in his final film appearance. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and released on March 13, 1992.
Plot
Driving through Alabama in their metallic, mint-green 1964 Buick Skylark convertible, Bill Gambini and Stan Rothenstein, college students from New York who just got scholarships to UCLA, shop at a Sac-O-Suds convenience store and accidentally shoplift a tin of tuna. After they leave, the store clerk is robbed and killed, and Bill and Stan are arrested for the murder. Due to circumstantial evidence and a confession to the shoplifting that is misconstrued as one to the shooting, Bill is charged with first-degree murder, and Stan as an accessory. Bill's mother reminds him there is an attorney in the family: his cousin Vinny. Vincent LaGuardia "Vinny" Gambini travels there, accompanied by his fiancée, Mona Lisa Vito. Although willing to take the case, Vinny is a personal injury lawyer from Brooklyn, newly admitted to the bar and with no trial experience.
Awards
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author | Dale Launer |
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award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
contentLocation | Alabama |
director | Jonathan Lynn |
editor | Stephen E. Rivkin |
genre | comedy |
keywords | accessory arrest bar brooklyn buick skylark caliber circumstantial evidence college student contempt contempt of court convenience store cook crime scene cross-examination cross-examine district attorney drive expert witness fbi federal bureau of investigation first-degree murder grit hear impaired kill limited-slip differential mona lisa murder weapon personal injury lawyer pontiac tempest positraction preliminary hearing public defender question shoot shoplift suspension wedding plans |
musicBy | Randy Edelman |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
producer | Dale Launer Paul Schiff |
productionCompany | Palo Vista Productions Peter V. Miller Investment Corp. |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
recordedAt | Georgia Monticello |
theme | legal |