is a 1992 American dream comedy movie directed by Barry Levinson, co-written by Levinson and Valerie Curtin, and starring Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, and Jamie Foxx in his feature film debut. Launched in December 1992 in the United States, and March and April 1993 in the United Kingdom and Australia, respectively, the movie was produced by Levinson's production business Baltimore Pictures and dispersed by 20th Century Fox.
The movie was a box workplace bomb at the time of its release, regardless of its cast and filmmaking. Director Barry Levinson was chosen for a Razzie Award for Worst Director (losing to David Seltzer for ). The film did, however, get Oscar nominations for Art Instructions (losing to) and Outfit Style (losing to ).
Kenneth Zevo, owner of Zevo Toys in Moscow, Idaho, is passing away. He surprises his assistant, Owen Owens, with his desire that, instead of his kid Leslie succeeding him, it will be his older sibling Leland, who is a lieutenant general in the United States Army. Even Leland, whose relationship with Kenneth is strained, marvels, explaining how Leslie has been apprenticed at the toy factory many of his life.
Kenneth had actually even employed Gwen Tyler to work in the factory, hoping she and Leslie would begin a relationship that would assist Leslie mature. Kenneth passes away and Leland hesitantly takes control. His first idea is to just enable Leslie and his sister, Alsatia, to continue to create brand-new toys and effectively run the factory.
From Patrick, Leland gets the idea of developing war toys, despite the fact that Leslie explains that Zevo Toys has actually never made war toys due to Kenneth's dislike of war in basic, which caused the strained relationship with his bro. On the other hand, Leslie lastly notifications Gwen, and they begin dating. Leland uses to drop the idea of Zevo Toys making war toys, however asks Leslie if he can partition off a percentage of the factory to develop toys of his own.
Unknown to Leslie, Leland is utilizing the area to develop miniature war makers that can be managed remotely, aiming to sell these to the armed force. However, military leaders decline to purchase into his plan, and Leland, ending up being unhinged by their rejection, moves ahead with his strategy individually. He progressively takes control of the factory's area and increases security.
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