Out on a Limb (film)

Out on a Limb
Directed by	Francis Veber
Produced by	Michael Hertzberg
Written by	Joshua Goldin Daniel Goldin
Starring	Matthew Broderick Jeffrey Jones Heidi Kling John C. Reilly
Music by	Van Dyke Parks
Cinematography	Donald Thorin
Editing by	Glenn Farr
Studio	Interscope Communications
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	September 4, 1992
Language	English

Out on a Limb is a 1992 comedy film written by Joshua and Daniel Goldin and directed by Francis Veber, a French film director and screenwriter of Armenian and Jewish heritage. It stars Matthew Broderick, Jeffrey Jones, Heidi Kling, Courtney Peldon, Michael Monks, and John C. Reilly. The film was released by Universal Pictures on September 4, 1992.

The film follows hotshot businessman Bill Campbell (Broderick), who has returned to his hometown of Buzzsaw at the request of his younger sister Marci (Peldon), who is convinced their stepfather Mayor Van Der Haven (Jones) has been murdered and replaced by his twin brother Matt Skearns. On the way to Buzzsaw, Bill's car and clothes (including his wallet which contains an important contact number) are stolen by a woman named Sally (Kling) and he is forced to hitchhike home naked, where he is picked up by two drunken brothers - both named Jim (Monks and Reilly). Over the course of the day, Campbell must find Sally, retrieve his wallet, and avoid the diabolical Skearns who is looking for financial compensation after spending 15 years in prison for his twin brother.

References

Out on a Limb (film) at the Internet Movie Database