Splitting Heirs
1993, 87 minutes, Rated M
"A wickedly funny comedy of royal proportions!"
Starring former Mony Pythons Eric Idle and John Cleese, as well as Rick Moranis (Ghost
Busters) and Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago), this hilarious comedy sees a baby English duke (Idle) swapped at birth, only to lose his inheritance to an American (Moranis) imposter.
Living with his adoptive Pakistani family, Idle, a struggling stockbroker, stumbles upon his heir apparent and decides to recover his dues, by whatever means possible. After initiating an affair with Moranis' beautiful, gold-digging fiancé, played by Zeta-Jones, Idle cuddles up to Duchess Mummy (Barbara Hershey), a hysterical, widowed nymphomaniac who accidently abandoned Idle during a wild night of partying in the 1960s. John Cleese is a scream as the eccentric lawyer who teams up with Idle to reclaim his rightful riches.
- Director:
- Robert Young [20],
- Starring:
- Rick Moranis [21], John Cleese [82], Catherine Zeta-Jones [43], Eric Idle [48], Barbara Hershey [17],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen 1.78:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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