Finding Lenny

"Everything happens for a reason"

2009 1h 30m EN

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2.8

SKIP

★2.8TMDB · 3

Comedy

Synopsis

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"Everything happens for a reason" - on his 50th birthday, Lenny Vincent is fired from his job as a sports writer for a daily newspaper, his wife of 19 years leaves him for a much younger man and he and his best friend Dave are caught in a gang heist at a restaurant. He ends up being hi-jacked by the gang and dumped in a rural village. Here he befriends the local chief and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime; helping to reunite the chief's warring sons, fighting a money grabbing property company from turning the chief's land into a golf course, coaching the village soccer team and ultimately.. finding himself!

“Everything happens for a reason”

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Cast

Barry Hilton
Lenny Vincent
Russel Savadier
David
Yule Masiteng
Chief
Ron Smerczak
Arthur Jackson
Vuyo Dabula
Godfrey
Catriona Andrew
Kathleen
Mandla Hlatshwayo
Gift
Kathleen Andersen
Barbara Vincent

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Neal Sundstrom
Languages: English

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Barry Hilton and Russel Savadier and Yule Masiteng carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Everything happens for a reason".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1388419 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Neal Sundstrom directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $1.3M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Released 17 years ago.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Barry Hilton and Russel Savadier and Yule Masiteng carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Everything happens for a reason".
7IMDB entry: tt1388419 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.