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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.
Death to Smoochy: Directed by Danny DeVito. With Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, Danny DeVito. A kids' show host, Rainbow Randolph, is fired in disgrace while his replacement, Sheldon Mopes, A.K.A. Smoochy the Rhino, finds himself a rising star.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Danny DeVito
- 2002-03-29
Williams plays Rainbow Randolph (aka Randolph Smiley), a children's television show host. Onscreen, he is a lovable and friendly character, but in his personal life, he is virtually the antithesis incarnate of himself: rude and irascible with a propensity for violence.
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Randolph "Rainbow Randolph" Smiley is the host of "The Rainbow Randolph Show", a popular children's television show that is frequently broadcast on the kids' television channel Kidnet. Despite his friendly and playful appearance on-stage in the television studio, off-stage in reality, he is actually an alcoholic and corrupt businessman who secretly...
Preproduction
In November or December 2000, screenwriter Adam Resnick wrote the screenplay for the film, while art designers sketched designs for the characters for the film. In the original screenplay, the Smoochy costume was originally orange. The final film used a pink costume instead.
Filming
Principal photography began in January 2001. Sequences were filmed in several locations in New York City such as Times Square, Coney Island, Upper West Side and Duane Street in Lower Manhattan. A brief shot of the North Tower of the World Trade Center can be seen where Rainbow Randolph is dancing on the small bench in Duane Park. In the DVD commentary, Danny DeVito says it was the only shot in the movie that the towers were in. No changes were made after the September 11th, 2001 terrorist att...
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, Death to Smoochyholds an approval rating of 42% based on 120 reviews with an average rating of 5.3/10. The site's critical consensus states, "The talent involved can't save a script that has nowhere to go with its promising premise." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 38 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Ti...
Box office
Though it received a wide release by playing in 2,164 theaters its opening weekend in the United States, the film was a box-office bomb after grossing only $4,266,463 its opening weekend and a mere $8,382,691 overall, with negligible box-office receipts outside the American/Canadian market.
Accolades
Robin Williams received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Supporting Actor for his performance as Randolph in this film, but 'lost' to Hayden Christensen for his performance in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.
Randolph Smiley (Robin Williams) had it all. As Rainbow Randolph, star of children's TV, there was a Manhattan penthouse, billboard on Times Square, cars, boats ... and bribes from stage...
Randolph Smiley, or better known by his rainbow-clad TV persona Rainbow Randolph, is the deuteragonist of the 2002 American dark comedy film Death to Smoochy. He is the former host of a children television show Rainbow Randolph Show. He was portrayed by the late Robin Williams, who also played...
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A kids' show host, Rainbow Randolph, is fired in disgrace while his replacement, Sheldon Mopes, A.K.A. Smoochy the Rhino, finds himself a rising star. Unfortunately for Sheldon, the business of kids' television isn't all child's play.
