Dirty Work (1998 film)

Dirty Work
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bob Saget
Written by	Frank Sebastiano Norm Macdonald Fred Wolf
Produced by	Robert Simonds
Starring	Norm Macdonald Jack Warden Artie Lange Traylor Howard Don Rickles Christopher McDonald Chevy Chase
Narrated by	Norm Macdonald
Cinematography	Arthur Albert
Edited by	George Folsey Jr.
Music by	Richard Gibbs
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Release date	June 12, 1998 (1998-06-12)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$13 million
Box office	$10 million

Dirty Work is a 1998 American buddy black comedy film directed by Bob Saget. The film follows long-time friends Mitch (Norm Macdonald) and Sam (Artie Lange) who start a revenge-for-hire business, and work to fund heart surgery for Sam's father Pops (Jack Warden). When they take on work for an unscrupulous businessman (Christopher McDonald), in order to be paid, they create a revenge scheme of their own. Traylor Howard also stars and notable cameo appearances include Don Rickles, Rebecca Romijn, John Goodman (uncredited), Gary Coleman, Chevy Chase, David Koechner, Chris Farley (uncredited in his final film appearance), and Adam Sandler (uncredited) as Satan.

The film was the first starring vehicle for Macdonald and Lange, and the directorial debut of Saget, coming one year after he left his long-running role as host of America's Funniest Home Videos.^[1]

Though Dirty Work received largely negative critical reviews upon its 1998 release and was a financial disappointment, it has since become a cult classic and has been reappraised more positively by some critics. Co-star Artie Lange later became a regular on The Howard Stern Show, where the film was sometimes discussed. A sequel was planned but ultimately canceled following both MacDonald and Saget's deaths in 2021 and 2022 respectively.