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Life Without Dick
Life Without Dick
	DVD cover
Directed by	Bix Skahill
Written by	Bix Skahill
Produced by	Emily Stevens; Happy Walters; Matthew Weaver;
Starring	Sarah Jessica Parker; Harry Connick, Jr.; Johnny Knoxville;
Cinematography	James Glennon
Edited by	Peter Fandetti
Music by	David Nessim Lawrence
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Video
Release date	February 5, 2002;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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Life Without Dick is a direct-to-video 2002 American black comedy film written and directed by Bix Skahill. The film focuses on the relationship that develops between an incompetent hitman and a woman who accidentally kills her boyfriend when she discovers he's leaving her for another woman.

Plot

Colleen Gibson doesn't realize live-in boyfriend Dick Rasmusson, a third-rate private detective, has been cheating on her until phony psychic Madame Hugonaut inadvertently provides accurate details about his most recent indiscretion. When Colleen confronts him with what she believes is an empty gun, she shoots and kills Dick, who had loaded the firearm without her knowledge.

Enter Daniel Gallagher, an Irish mobster whose desire to be a crooner was dampened by his ex-girlfriend Mary when she laughed at his singing. Daniel has managed not to kill anyone in his short career as a hit man, so when he discovers Colleen has killed Dick, who was next on his hit list, he's happy to take the credit and tell his boss and brother-in-law Jared O'Reilly that he finally completed an assignment. Unfortunately, Jared starts giving him a lot more assignments, and Daniel enlists Colleen to do his dirty work for him.

Complicating matters are Daniel's sister Ivy, who would like to see her husband dead; two bumbling detectives investigating Dick's murder; and the reappearance of Mary and her new boyfriend, mumbling Tony Moretti.

Cast

Sarah Jessica Parker as Colleen Gibson
Harry Connick, Jr. as Daniel Gallagher
Johnny Knoxville as Dick Rasmusson
Craig Ferguson as Jared O'Reilly
Teri Garr as Madame Hugonaut
Brigid Brannagh as Ivy Gallagher O'Reilly
Claudia Schiffer as Mary
Erik Palladino as Tony "The Turner" Moretti

Production

In September 2000, it was announced Columbia Pictures had made a deal with Bix Skahill to write and make his directorial debut with Life Without Dick with Sarah Jessica Parker in negotiations to star.^[1] Early in development Craig Ferguson and Elijah Wood were considered for roles in the film.^[1] In November, Harry Connick Jr. entered negotiations to be the co-lead.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Col picks 'Dick,' talks to Parker". Variety. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
^ "Connick trills with 'Life' sentence". Variety. Retrieved November 16, 2023.

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[LifeWithoutDickVar-1] "Col picks 'Dick,' talks to Parker". Variety. Retrieved November 16, 2023.

[LifeWithoutDickHarry-2] "Connick trills with 'Life' sentence". Variety. Retrieved November 16, 2023.

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 ==Production==
-In September 2000, it was announced [[Columbia Pictures]] had made a deal with Bix Skahill to write and make his directorial debut with ''Life Without Dick'' with [[Sarah Jessica Parker]] in negotiations to star.<ref name="LifeWithoutDickVar">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/col-picks-dick-talks-to-parker-1117787036/|title=   Col picks ‘Dick,’ talks to Parker    |publisher=Variety|access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref> Early in development [[Craig Ferguson]] and [[Elijah Wood]] were considered for roles in the film.<ref name=" LifeWithoutDickVar" /> In November, [[Harry Connick Jr.]] entered negotiations to be the co-lead.<ref name="LifeWithoutDickHarry">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/connick-trills-with-life-sentence-1117789126/|title=    Connick trills with ‘Life’ sentence    |publisher=Variety|access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref>
+In September 2000, it was announced [[Columbia Pictures]] had made a deal with Bix Skahill to write and make his directorial debut with ''Life Without Dick'' with [[Sarah Jessica Parker]] in negotiations to star.<ref name="LifeWithoutDickVar">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/col-picks-dick-talks-to-parker-1117787036/|title=   Col picks 'Dick,' talks to Parker    |publisher=Variety|access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref> Early in development [[Craig Ferguson]] and [[Elijah Wood]] were considered for roles in the film.<ref name=" LifeWithoutDickVar" /> In November, [[Harry Connick Jr.]] entered negotiations to be the co-lead.<ref name="LifeWithoutDickHarry">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/news/connick-trills-with-life-sentence-1117789126/|title=    Connick trills with 'Life' sentence    |publisher=Variety|access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref>
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
 *{{IMDb title|id=0262571|title=Life Without Dick}}
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 [[Category:2002 films]]
 [[Category:2002 black comedy films]]
-[[Category:2000s crime comedy films]]
+[[Category:2002 crime comedy films]]
 [[Category:American black comedy films]]
 [[Category:American crime comedy films]]
 [[Category:2002 directorial debut films]]
-[[Category:Films about contract killing]]
+[[Category:Films about contract killing in the United States]]
 [[Category:2000s English-language films]]
 [[Category:2000s American films]]
+[[Category:English-language black comedy films]]
+[[Category:English-language crime comedy films]]