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Bulldozer | Prostitute
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Budget 13,000,000 USD
Chris Farley's last film, but he wasn't included in the credits. He would die of a drug overdose about six months before this picture was released.
This movie came out a few months after Norm MacDonald was fired as the "Weekend Update" anchor on Saturday Night Live (1975) by NBC West Coast President, Don Ohlmeyer. Because of this, Macdonald blasted the NBC exec during talk show appearances. Ohlmeyer retaliated by banning all advertisements of this movie from NBC. After two weeks, NBC president Bob Wright called off the ban, Wright did not oppose Ohlmeyer's original decision because he thought the commercials were only scheduled to appear during ''SNL". When it became clear that MGM's commercials were dropped from other NBC shows, Wright decided the situation had gone far enough and lifted the ban.
Due perhaps to MacDonald not being known as a leading man and mediocre promotion, the film only grossed $13 million. It has, however, done exceptionally well on home video, gaining a cult following over the years. Prior to his death in 2021, MacDonald had even thought of writing a sequel.
Artie Lange was wary of working with Chevy Chase after having heard many stories from friends and colleagues about Chase's nastiness, but in his book "Too Fat to Fish", Lange recounted that he loved working with Chase and they became good friends. Lange also recounted that Chase warned him that MGM would force them to make the film PG-13 rated for release even though it was written and filmed as an R-rated film, and told him to fight that move. Lange, Norm MacDonald, and the rest of the cast and crew did fight for the R, but the studio ultimately refused because they said that there was not a large audience for R-rated comedies at that point; as Lange sadly noted in his book, "Dirty Work" was ultimately moved to an earlier release date in part to stay clear of There's Something About Mary (1998), which was not only an R-rated comedy, but became one of 1998's biggest blockbusters and revived the entire R-rated comedy genre for years to come.
Howard Stern was offered a cameo appearance as Satan, but turned it down. Adam Sandler ended up with the role.
"Mitch: [to men who just raped him] You fellas have a lot of growing up to do, I'll tell you that. Ridiculous. Completely ridiculous. Can you believe these characters? Way out of line. Way out of line. Have a good mind to go to the warden about this. You know what hurts the most is the... the lack of respect. You know? That's what hurts the most. Except for the... Except for the other thing. That hurts the most. But the lack of respect hurts the second most."
"Dr. Farthing: I know there's really nobody to blame for this but myself, well, I don't know, maybe the Buffalo Bills, the Boston Red Sox, or Mr. T or, or the Jets... Mitch: Wait a minute, Mr T.? Are you telling me that you bet on the fight in Rocky III, and that you bet against Rocky? Dr. Farthing: Hindsight is twenty-twenty, my friend."
