

Screenplay by
David
Duchovny
Music Composed by
Geoff
Zanelli
Theatrical Release Date
April 5, 2005 (wider release on April 29,
2005)
DVD Release Date
October 5, 2005
(Region 1 - North America)
Production Companies
Tribeca Productions, Southpaw Entertainment
Financed by
Bob Yari
Productions, Ovation Entertainment LLC
Distribution Company
Lions
Gate Films

It's 1973, and Tommy is a 13-year-old boy living in New York's Greenwich Village with his mother, who is still coming to terms with the death of her husband. Tommy's best friend is Pappass, a mentally challenged man in his thirties who is the same emotional age as Tommy; Pappass delivers meat for a local butcher, and Tommy helps him out. Tommy has discovered women, and has a crush on Melissa, a cute girl in his class, but Pappass isn't much interested in the opposite sex, and can offer little advice on the subject. Tommy's lone confidante on this issue is Lady Bernadette, a woman locked up in the nearby Women's House of Detention who offers advice shouted from her window. When Pappass begins to realize that Tommy is falling for Melissa, he's convinced he's losing his best friend, and in a moment of anger he steals a bicycle. Tommy tries to protect Pappas by claiming he was the thief, leading to a series of serious repercussions. Years later, Tommy is a grown man who leaves his home in Paris, France, to pay a visit to the old neighborhood and come to terms with the life he left behind.


Pappass
I'm not retarded anymore.
Tom
Oh really?
Pappass
Really. I went from retard to challenged. Who knows
what I'll be next?
Pappass
I was supposed to be normal, but I didn't get enough
oxygen when I was born.
Pappass' dad
Ah yeah, people are getting cheap with the tips or
you boys went to the movies. Do you know why your mother died, son? She
killed herself because she had a retarded son. Isn't that right?
Tommy
She was hit by a car.
Pappass' dad
She walked in front of a car because she had a
retarded son.
Tommy
She was drunk.
Pappass' dad
She was drunk because her son was retarded.
Tommy
She was drunk because she was married to you, you
loser.
Pappass' dad
Up yours.
Tommy
Up yours too.
Pappass' dad
Up yours too, sir.
Tommy
Up yours too, sir, and good night.
Pappass' dad
Uhuhuh, not until you can pass a driver's test. When
you can drive, then you can drink.

A lot of people haven't seen too many characters like that, with a high-functioning handicap." To play Pappass, Robin immersed himself in research, and says there was plenty of material at his disposal. In addition, he worked with Duchovny and makeup artist Cheri Minns to achieve Pappass' look. "I had fake teeth and my ears pushed forward to transform the face," he says. "There's a certain disorder where people look very elf-like, and we went with that one."
To play a 65-year-old man, Robin had to sit through 2 hours of make-up. He also had to wear a body suit that fills out his waist and chest to get that fat body. Robin has said that playing older roles is no problem for him.


Robin Williams
Pappass
Zelda Williams
Melissa
Loggia
David Duchovny
Tommy
Warshaw
Anton Yelchin
Tommy
Warshaw
Téa Leoni
Tommy's mom
Erykah Badu
Lady
Bernadette
Gideon Jacobs
Gerard
Orlando Jones
Superfly
Pimp
Mary Fortune
Nurse


See the world a little differently
You never know who your angel's gonna be

Dates
September 15,
2003 - November 3, 2003
Locations
Java Street
and Lexington, New York City, NY
Brooklyn, NY
Paris, France (3 days)

Canada
April 29, 2005
Belgium
September 7, 2005
Turkey
September 23, 2005
Mexico
January 27, 2006
Panama
May 5, 2006
Spain
July 7, 2006
South Korea
December 24,
2008

Turkey
Can dostlar
Spain
Delitos menores
Argentina
El incomprendido (cable TV title)
En busca del pasado (DVD title)
France
Le prince de Greenwich Village (DVD title)
Brazil
Reflexos da Amizade

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Budget
$7,000,000
Gross
$388,532 (USA)
$667 (international)
$389,199 (total)
Opening Weekend
$36,371 (2
theaters)
Widest Release
305
theaters
In Release
28 days / 4
weeks
Closing Date
May 12, 2005