Does the dog die?
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Bowfinger
Movie • 1999 • Comedy
ReportOn the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie. Rallying a ragtag team that includes a starry-eyed ingenue, a has-been diva and a film studio gofer, he sets out to shoot a blockbuster featuring the biggest star in Hollywood, Kit Ramsey -- only without letting Ramsey know he's in the picture.
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UnagioLucio
Betsy the dog does not die.
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Is there body horror?
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Someone makes fake goop come out of his face for the movie they’re filming
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Are there end credit scenes?
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No scene but at the very end of the credits there is an audio clip. It is a line from the film so not new content.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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mad_melody
The whole gag of the movie is that a group of people are including a major character in a movie about aliens without telling him; this major character already has extreme paranoia about aliens (though he is receiving therapy to deal with this paranoia), so being included in secretly filmed scenes about aliens that he perceives to be real makes him question his sanity.
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Is someone stalked?
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mad_melody
The plot of the movie is that a group of people are including a major character in a movie without telling him, so this major character is constantly followed, which terrifies him and sets off his paranoia.
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Are animals abused?
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mad_melody
No animals are abused, but when Bowfinger has a date at his place, he puts an elastic band around the feet of his dog (who is sleeping on her back) in order to keep her legs together.
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mad_melody
Throughout the movie there are multiple mentions of Kit flashing cheerleaders as he has a compulsion to do so, and he is shown flashing a group of cheerleaders in one scene.
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Is someone drugged?
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A character is presumably chloroformed. We see a cloth put over their mouth as they are dragged into a bush. They are fine a few minutes later.
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Does a head get squashed?
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mad_melody
No heads are squashed, but while Bowfinger is moping in his office, Afrim comes in and makes a ton of fake puss ooze out from under his hat. During a scene being filmed where Kit is held at gunpoint by cops, Afrim makes a ton of fake puss come out from under his hat and from holes in a rubber mask he must be wearing. When Daisy and Kit reach the rooftop during the filming of the final scene, Daisy holds an actress down off camera and comes out holding a fake head with gore coming from the neck.
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Is someone burned alive?
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No one is burned alive, but while Bowfinger is setting up his place for his date with Daisy, his fireplace sets with a burst of fire that makes Bowfinger yelp; when Daisy comes in she says she smells burning hair.
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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UnagioLucio
One actor agrees to get his hair shaved off-screen.
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Is there amputation?
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mad_melody
During a scene being filmed where Kit is held at gunpoint by cops, Afrim has a fake arm that falls off with a squelch and fake gore to make it look like a real arm. When Daisy and Kit reach the rooftop during the filming of the final scene, Daisy holds an actress down off camera and comes out holding a fake head with gore coming from the neck.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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UnagioLucio
The character Kit Ramsey jokes about how he'd win an Oscar for playing a ret*rded slave.
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Does someone cheat?
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Throughout the movie, a woman enters into other relationships before/without breaking up with her current partner.
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Is someone possessed?
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No but in the film within the film characters are possessed by aliens
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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The person who keeps having affairs does this with both men and women
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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There are no mental institution scenes, but a major character frequently visits a type of therapy cult that helps him with his mental health.
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Mental Health
Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Kit Ramsey believes reality has become unstable. Due to the other characters Kit loses his ability to tell what is real or not real.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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A major character frequently has anxiety attacks throughout the movie due to his apparent anxiety and paranoia.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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mad_melody
At one point Bowfinger receives a phonecall about where Kit is going to be so he rushes out of his office, and in the main room an actress is shown with plaster covering her whole face and head in order to have a mold made of her head.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Constantly
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Pregnancy
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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mad_melody
The whole gag of the movie is that a group of people are including a major character in a movie about aliens without telling him; this major character already has extreme paranoia about aliens (though he is receiving therapy to deal with this paranoia), so being included in secretly filmed scenes about aliens that he perceives to be real makes him question his sanity.
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Is there hate speech?
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No but a paranoid character thinks people are being racist towards him.
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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UnagioLucio
Mr. Bowfinger and the much younger Daisy sleep with each other, each secretly doing so to exploit the other. Bowfinger even comments that their ages are too far apart, and Daisy assures him that age is just a number.
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Sex
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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LightJest
The sex scene is only shown for a few seconds, shoulders up.
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Are there nude scenes?
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LightJest
A character takes of her top but we only see this from behind.
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Vehicular
Is someone hit by a car?
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No one is hit by a car, but for one of the scenes being filmed, an actor has to run across a highway twice and nearly gets hit by many vehicles.
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Does a car crash?
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mad_melody
No cars crash, but throughout the movie several cars screech to a halt.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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There is low budget blood and gore in some of the action scenes filmed throughout the movie.
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Is there gun violence?
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mad_melody
In one scene being filmed a black man is held at gunpoint by both a real and fake cop. Fake guns are fired in some action scenes being filmed throughout the movie.
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