Uncle Buck

Uncle Buck (1989)

Timing: 1:40 (100 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1989-08-16

Country

United States

Production

Hughes Entertainment

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Family

Budget

$15 000 000

Revenue

$79 258 538

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Director

John Hughes

Actors

John Candy, Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann, Macaulay Culkin, Amy Madigan, Elaine Bromka, Garrett M. Brown, Laurie Metcalf, Jay Underwood, Brian Tarantina
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Scenario

John Hughes

Producer

John Hughes, Tom Jacobson

Operator

Ralf D. Bode

Composer

Ira Newborn

Artist

Louis M. Mann

Audition

Risa Bramon Garcia, Billy Hopkins

Editing

Lou Lombardo, Peck Prior, Tony Lombardo
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• During the interrogation scene, Miles’s lines, as performed by Macaulay Culkin, were written on a piece of paper attached to Uncle Buck’s head, played by John Candy. This was done so that the actor wouldn’t remember his lines, but would read them, which is always faster. This way, the filmmakers maintained the fast-paced, tense rhythm of the scene.
• Practically all the sets (including the sets for the Russells' two-story house) were built in the gymnasium of a local school.
• The sound of the engine knocking in Buck's car is a gunshot sound layered over the explosion of a firecracker.
• Buck's car, which he calls "The Beast," is a two-door Mercury Marquis. This model was produced between 1975 and 1978.
• The role of Uncle Buck was offered to Joe Pesci, but he turned it down in favor of filming Martin Scorsese's gangster film "Goodfellas" (1990).
• Buck's car, which he calls 'The Beast,' is a two-door Mercury Marquis. This model was produced between 1975 and 1978.
• The role of Uncle Buck was offered to Joe Pesci, but he turned it down in favor of filming Martin Scorsese's gangster film 'Goodfellas' (1990).