Kingpin Page #2

Synopsis: Roy Munson was raised to be the best bowler in the world (trained early on by his father). But a fellow bowler, Ernie McCracken and a misunderstanding with some rough punks, leaves poor Roy with the loss of his bowling hand! Not to let this get him down, he gets a prosthetic hand and becomes a travelling sales man. But it's really all down hill for him from that night on until ... One day he meets Ishmael who is Amish and sneaks away from the farm to bowl (his fellow Amish would disown him if they knew)! Roy convinces Ishmael to let him be his trainer and he'll make him the best bowler the world has ever seen. Reluctantly Ishmael agrees to go on the road and shortly afterwards actually finds that life outside the farm is quite fun. Soon their paths cross that of Ernie McCracken who is still a top ranking bowler. While Roy's career and life have landed in the toilet bowl, Ernie is still drawing huge crowds and all the babes! They both square off for the ultimate bowling championship ...
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Production: MGM Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
43
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG-13
Year:
1996
113 min
1,794 Views


drunk or sober."

- Come on, guys.

- We'll take that bet.

Fine, my so-called friend.

Take your silly little ball...

and make your silly little spare...

or miss it!

Come on, boy. Bowl!

The name's not "boy."

It's Roy.

Roy Munson.

How'd he do that?

What did I tell you?

This feels weird.

Are you sure this is legal?

I don't know.

It's fun though, isn't it?

What's the sugar for, Mr. McCracken?

Didn't I tell you to call me "Ernie"

or "Big Ern"?

It's for my morning coffee.

Get out of the car, wise guy!

- What do we do?

- Sometimes a bowler...

just has to face the music.

- Come on.

- There you are. Let's go.

And that bowler is you.

- You're in deep sh*t, kid.

- I don't know what I'm doing here.

Let me see that hand.

I thought I recognized...

that name.

Father, please do something.

I'm a priest like you're a dictionary

salesman, you piece of sh*t.

Get him inside.

- Come on.

- Don't do this.

What are you doing?

I'll pay you back, I swear to God!

Get him up there.

Do it!

Do it!

Hey, Herb. How's life?

Taking forever.

Morning, Mike.

Can you get sick drinking piss?

I think you can.

Even if it's your own?

Captain Hook!

Wait up.

I want that rent by tomorrow,

or you're out of here!

I got you down for a 50-gallon drum

of lane oil and a case of bowler's tape.

Every week, I tell you the same thing:

We don't need nothing.

What about...

a gross of fluorescent condoms for

the novelty machine in the men's room?

Those are fun even when you're alone.

- Yeah.

- You get it?

- This is the hula-hoop of the '90s.

- No!

We don't even have a novelty machine

in the men's room anymore.

And you call this a bowling alley?

You stroke a hell of a ball...

but I'll bet when you're off,

you leave a lot of buckets.

Excuse me?

Buckets. 3, 5, 6 and 9. It's from

coming in too light in the pocket...

and sending the head pin

around the 3.

You could tell all that

from seeing me throw one strike?

I didn't see it. I heard it.

Try moving a couple of boards

to the left.

Would you look at that!

Sweeter than Yoo-Hoo.

How come you know so much about bowling?

Maybe this will help explain it to you.

Oh, wow. That's really something.

What's that made out of?

14-karat gold.

Really? Looks like rubber.

No. The ring, not the hand.

Wow. State champion.

You state champion?

Was. Iowa, '79.

Name's Roy Munson.

Ishmael Boorg.

You've got as powerful a stroke

as I've ever seen.

You could lose a little

off the backswing, but you're not bad.

- What's your average?

- I don't know. 265, 270.

I've got to go.

- Bye.

- Whoa! Hey, easy does it.

What's your hurry?

We're just getting acquainted.

You're wasting your time.

He's from way out in Brimfield.

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Barry Fanaro

Barry Fanaro is an American screenwriter of television and feature films. He has taught screenwriting seminars at USC, UCSB, AFI and Mercer University. more…

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