A Night at the Roxbury

A Night at the Roxbury
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJohn Fortenberry
Written byWill Ferrell
Chris Kattan
Steve Koren
Produced byLorne Michaels
Amy Heckerling
Starring
CinematographyFrancis Kenny
Edited byJay Kamen
Music byDavid Kitay
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • October 2, 1998 (1998-10-02)
Running time
82 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$17 million
Box office$30.3 million[2][3]

A Night at the Roxbury is a 1998 American comedy film based on a recurring sketch on television's long-running Saturday Night Live called "The Roxbury Guys". Saturday Night Live regulars Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Molly Shannon, Mark McKinney, and Colin Quinn star. This film expands on the original Saturday Night Live sketches where the Roxbury Guys were joined by that week's host, and bobbed their heads to Haddaway's hit song "What Is Love" while being comically rejected by women at various clubs.

Other roles include Jennifer Coolidge as a police officer, Chazz Palminteri's uncredited role as gregarious night club impresario Mr. Benny Zadir, and Colin Quinn as his bodyguard Dooey. Former SNL cast member Mark McKinney has a cameo as a priest officiating a wedding.

  1. ^ "A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY (15)". United International Pictures. British Board of Film Classification. January 7, 1999. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  2. ^ "'LA Times' – Studios See $$ in Less-Than-Worthy 'SNL' Film Spinoffs". Archived from the original on May 9, 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
  3. ^ "A Night at the Roxbury (1998) – Box Office Mojo". BoxOfficeMojo.com. November 13, 1998. Retrieved March 7, 2014.