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Steve Martin/Bill Murray

posted 16 years ago by alxorange
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Amazing that this is the only movie they have ever done together and its just that one little scene. I would have loved to have seen them do an entire movie together back in their prime.

[–] stevenackerman69 16 years ago

They worked together on SNL. Martin would host and Murray was a regular. There was a bit where Martin plays a magician and Murray is a willing audience participant.

[–] alxorange 16 years ago

As I said...this was the only movie they have done together and its a surprising shame.

[–] racroen 16 years ago

Murray and Martin co-starred in what might have been the best Saturday Night Live skit ever written, "The Hominids."

Here's a link to the script: http://bit.ly/G0x6J. Too bad I couldn't find a YouTube video of it. It's not only hilarious, it's kind of profound.

[–] minia 15 years ago

The original poster is saying that this is the only MOVIE that they starred in together... Not sure, why no one is getting that... lol

Anyhoo, I suspect back then they were both too expensive to get in one movie... However, they got Chevy, Martin and Steve together in "The Three Amigos..."

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[–] piggyknowles 13 years ago

That's what makes this short sequence in the film such a magical moment, the only cinematic team-up of arguably the two most talented comedy stars of the 1980s, it's almost like a classic two-hander SNL sketch inserted into the middle of the film.
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Agreed, just watched this film again for the first time in a long time, and I just lit up when I saw Bill Murray in the dentists waiting room. I gotta watch more SNL just to see those two together more

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[–] jess_in_a_box 15 years ago

I wish I could get SNL in England!!

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[–] SadakoGirl 15 years ago

So weird--I would have thought they'd be in more movies together.

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[–] SeanJoyce 13 years ago

Murray filmed a cameo for the Martin movie The Jerk, but it was cut for reasons unexplained and the footage has yet to surface.

Many people are clamoring for it to crop up at some point.

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[–] JellyFish19 12 years ago

They had a good chemistry and I love the fact that Murray replaced Nicholson's role in the remake.

[–] stevenackerman69 11 years ago

In the original stage version of the musical, Arthur Denton doesn't exist. He was put back in for the film.

[–] MachoIllegal 12 years ago

Youtube video of the Hominids, I see there were some people asking about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FotYss3fRo

Not great quality but you take what you can get.

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[–] Cinemaskype 10 years ago

Just saw "The Hominids" for the first time and guessed the ending as soon as Martin began usurping Murray with the "all due respect" argument.

I don't know if it's because I'm so sophisticated or we all are now. Maybe that's why it would never play on today's SNL, and audiences wouldn't have the patience to sit through the seven minutes.

[–] averagejoeman2013 11 years ago

Loved the scene! I ended up laughing the most when Martin is using the drill and Murray is trying to pull him closer and closer yelling "Oh yeah...oh yeah...oh..OH!" much to Martin's utter frustration.

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[–] DamianGein 11 years ago

That was my favorite scene in the whole movie. Brilliant.

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[–] ZeoRangerFive 9 years ago

What's so funny is that it's one of the most memorable and funniest scenes in the movie, yet it is a completely pointless scene. Sure it leads into Seymour trying to kill him, but the Bill Murray section serves no purpose.

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