Kingpin is a 1996 slapstick comedy film directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, and Bill Murray. It was filmed in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a stand-in for Scranton, Amish country and even Reno, Nevada. Roy Munson (Woody Harrelson) is a bowling prodigy who wins the 1979 Iowa state amateur championship and plans to leave his tiny (fictional) hometown of Ocelot, Iowa to go on the...
Ernie's TV ad features him flipping up a girl's skirt as he gives one of the ...
The movie ends with Ishmael's Amish family waving farewell to Roy and Claudia...
Ishmael tries to convince Roy to bowl in the new tournament.
Roy and Ishmael try to find Claudia, but she is no longer in her hotel room.
Ishmael, enraged at Ernie, hurts his hand trying to punch him.
Little boys speak fondly of Ernie McCracken in his TV Ad, where he portrays h...
Roy is nervous to the point of vomiting from his entering the new bowling game.
Roy claims he faked having coffee burns as he drinks a really hot coffee mug.
Roy and Ishmael pass themselves off as dictionary salesmen.
Ernie tries to make Roy nervous on what turns out to be his game-winning bowl...
Roy has to explain to Ishmael what flossing is, much to his surprise.
Ishmael tries to convince Roy to quit smoking, but Roy counters with his own ...
Roy's landlady talks about having sex with him afterwards, disgusting him to ...
Roy is nervous to the point of vomiting from his entering the new bowling game.
Ernie plans to ditch Roy and leave him to his fate when his plan backfires.
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