From the iconic slackers he played in Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore to the romantically confused hopefuls he gave us in The Wedding Singer, Big Daddy and 50 First Dates, ADAM SANDLER has proven time and again his brand of relatable comedy draws big laughs from fans ... and lands the leading ladies. Previously romantically partnered on-screen with such comic beauties as Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale and Courteney Cox, for the first time Sandler is going head-to-head with an actor with a more ... cuddly sex appeal.
While television audiences had long known KEVIN JAMES from his successful pairing with Leah Remini on The King of Queens, in 2005 he won over many more admirers as the hopeless romantic Albert, opposite Will Smith, in the worldwide comedy hit Hitch. From a career on the road as a stand-up to nine years heading a hit sitcom, James has now mastered those comedy mediums and officially arrived on the silver screen.
On July 20, 2007, both members of this comic duo -- best known for hamming it up for impossibly beautiful women -- will woo someone very unexpected: each other.
In their latest comedy, Sandler and James play two straight guys who stumble down the aisle with the best of intentions in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry. The pride of their Brooklyn fire station, Chuck Levine (Sandler) and Larry Valentine (James) are two guys' guys -- always side-by-side and willing to do anything for each other. Salt-of-the-earth widower Larry wants just one thing: to protect his family. His buddy Chuck also wants one thing: to enjoy the single life.
Grateful Chuck owes Larry for saving his life on the job, and Larry calls in that favor big time when civic red tape prevents him from naming his own two kids as his life insurance beneficiaries. All that Chuck has to do is claim to be Larry's domestic partner on some city forms. Easy. Nobody will ever know.
But when an overzealous, spot-checking bureaucrat becomes suspicious, the new couple's arrangement becomes a citywide issue and goes from confidential to front-page news. Forced to improvise as love-struck newlyweds, Chuck and Larry must now fumble through a hilarious charade of domestic bliss under one roof. And after surviving their mandatory honeymoon and dodging the threat of exposure, the well-intentioned con men discover that sticking together in your time of need is what truly makes a family.
JESSICA BIEL (Blade: Trinity, The Illusionist) also stars in the film as Alex McDonough, the attorney who both assists Chuck and Larry with their precarious situation and proves irresistible to Chuck. I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry features a supporting cast that includes comedy superstar DAN AYKROYD (Ghostbusters, 50 First Dates) as the hard-nosed Captain Tucker, STEVE BUSCEMI (Monster House, Fargo) as nebbish city fraud inspector Clint Fitzer and VING RHAMES (Idlewild, Mission: Impossible III) as Duncan, a fellow company member with a secret of his own.
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