The Nutty Professor
1996 · TMDB 5.6
Directed by Tom Shadyac
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 fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.
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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 fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.
Same director
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Released
- 1996-06-28
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 5.6
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Key contributors
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Tom Shadyac
Director
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Barry W. Blaustein
Writer
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David Sheffield
Writer
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Steve Oedekerk
Writer
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Jeffrey Price
Writer
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Peter S. Seaman
Writer
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Eddie Murphy
Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Lance Perkins / Papa Klump / Mama Klump / Grandma Klump / Ernie Klump
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Jada Pinkett Smith
Carla Purty
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James Coburn
Harlan Hartley
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Larry Miller
Dean Richmond
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Dave Chappelle
Reggie Warrington
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John Ales
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