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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
1,826 Views


And don't come back!

- Munson!

- Some people never learn.

You are history.

I am calling the cops!

Wait. Whoa. Hey, calm down.

You have every right to be angry, okay?

Just take a deep breath.

There must be some way

I can work this off... make it up to you.

Well.

Oh, stop it.

It wasn't that bad.

Oh, my little Roy toy.

What is it about good sex

that makes me have to crap?

Guess it's all that pumpin'.

Pump and dump.

You really jarred

something loose, tiger.

Oh, boy.

Got two bits of advice for you.

Number one:
Forget about this bowling

business and get yourself a real job.

Number two:
You still owe me

another month's rent.

So if I were you, I would start doing

some tongue exercises before Friday.

Oh, top of the morning to you.

I'm Hezakiah Munson.

I'm passing through

on my way to Ohio.

Any shingling or butter churning

need doing?

Lucas. You know better than that.

We're waiting on your brother...

to come in from the fields.

How many children do you have,

Brother Hezakiah?

None that I know of.

What I mean to say is I was...

We... I'm unable to have children.

Nasty cheese-grating accident

as a young man.

Why are you late this time, Ishmael?

Sorry, Pa.

I was out in the cornfield...

and the stalks were broken...

and I thought I could fix them.

Hi, Grandma.

Please meet our friend...

from Ohio, Brother Hezakiah.

Hello, Ishmael.

Why did you come here?

We didn't get a chance

to finish talking.

You're only going

to make trouble for me.

Have a seat.

Look. My grandfather took me bowling

when I was a kid.

It was our secret.

If anyone here found out

that I went to that bowling alley...

I don't know what would happen.

There's a tournament

in Reno, Nevada, in a few weeks.

The best bowlers in the country

are going to be there.

With my help, I think you can beat them.

You hear me?

The first prize is $1 million.

We split everything

right down the middle.

No, sir. I think it's best

that you go.

By tomorrow, they'll find out

that you're a fraud.

We Amish demand more of ourselves.

You people work 8-hour days.

We work 12.

We do whatever you people do

plus a half. That's how we survive.

Believe me, keeping up

is not going to be a problem.

Pa! His bed's made, but he

isn't in there. He must have left.

Guess Brother Hezakiah was afraid

of getting his fingers dirty.

Morning! I hope you don't mind.

I got up a little early...

so I took the liberty

of milking your cow.

It took a little while to get her

warmed up. She sure is a stubborn one.

We don't have a cow.

We have a bull.

I'll brush my teeth.

Take Lucas down with the other children.

Keep an eye on them for us, please.

Brother Hezekiah, come with us.

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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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