Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDanny DeVito
Written byAdam Resnick
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAnastas N. Michos
Edited byJon Poll
Music byDavid Newman
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures (International)
FilmFour Distributors (United Kingdom)[1]
Release date
  • March 29, 2002 (2002-03-29) (United States)
Running time
109 minutes
Countries
  • Germany[2]
  • United Kingdom[2]
  • United States[2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50 million[3]
Box office$8.3 million[3]

Death to Smoochy is a 2002 American satirical black comedy crime film directed by Danny DeVito and written by Adam Resnick. Starring Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, DeVito, and Jon Stewart, the film centers on "Rainbow" Randolph Smiley (Williams), a disgraced former children's television host who attempts to sabotage his replacement, Sheldon Mopes (Norton), and his character, Smoochy the Rhino.

Produced by Film4 Productions and Andrew Lazar's Mad Chance Productions, Death to Smoochy was released in the United States on March 29, 2002, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was met with mixed reviews from critics and was a huge box-office bomb, grossing $8.3 million against a budget of $50 million.

  1. ^ "Death to Smoochy (2002)". BBFC. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Catalog - Death to Smoochy". AFI. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).