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Shallow Hal

Shallow Hal is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by the Farrelly Brothers. The film stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Jack Black, with Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, and Susan Ward in supporting roles. Filming took place in various areas including Charlotte, North Carolina, and Sterling and Princeton, Massachusetts at Wachusett Mountain. The plot…

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Box office
$141.1 million
Budget
$40 million
Cinematography
Russell Carpenter
Country
United States
Directed by
Peter Farrelly · Bobby Farrelly
Distributed by
20th Century Fox

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Shallow Hal

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Edges73
Triples53
Avg. degree1.97
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Shallow Hal

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related to Critical response · 12
Shallow Hal → Audiences, Chicago Sun-Times, CinemaScore, Farrelly, Often, On Metacritic, On Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert, Scott, The, The New York Times, While
related to Home media · 7
Shallow Hal → DVD, Fox, It, July, Pay-Per-View, PPV, VHS
Starring · 5
Shallow Hal → Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason Alexander, Joe Viterelli, Susan Ward
related to Box office · 5
Shallow Hal → In, Inc, It, Monsters, United States
Produced by · 4
Shallow Hal → Bobby Farrelly, Bradley Thomas, Charles B. Wessler, Peter Farrelly
Written by · 3
Shallow Hal → Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, Sean Moynihan
Directed by · 2
Shallow Hal → Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Music by · 2
Shallow Hal → Ivy, William Goodrum
related to External links · 2
Shallow Hal → IMDbShallow Hal, TCM Movie Database
Box office · 1
Shallow Hal → $141.1 million

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Shallow HalBox office$141.1 million1.00infobox
Shallow HalBudget$40 million1.00infobox
Shallow HalCinematographyRussell Carpenter1.00infobox
Shallow HalCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Shallow HalDirected byPeter Farrelly1.00infobox
Shallow HalDirected byBobby Farrelly1.00infobox
Shallow HalDistributed by20th Century Fox1.00infobox
Shallow HalEdited byChristopher Greenbury1.00infobox
Shallow HalLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Shallow HalMusic byWilliam Goodrum1.00infobox
Shallow HalMusic byIvy1.00infobox
Shallow HalProduced byPeter Farrelly1.00infobox
Shallow HalProduced byBobby Farrelly1.00infobox
Shallow HalProduced byCharles B. Wessler1.00infobox
Shallow HalProduced byBradley Thomas1.00infobox
Shallow HalProduction companyConundrum Entertainment1.00infobox
Shallow HalRelease dateNovember 9, 2001 (2001-11-09)1.00infobox
Shallow HalRunning time113 minutes1.00infobox
Shallow HalStarringGwyneth Paltrow1.00infobox
Shallow HalStarringJack Black1.00infobox
Shallow HalStarringJason Alexander1.00infobox
Shallow HalStarringJoe Viterelli1.00infobox
Shallow HalStarringSusan Ward1.00infobox
Shallow HalWritten byPeter Farrelly1.00infobox
Shallow HalWritten byBobby Farrelly1.00infobox
Shallow HalWritten bySean Moynihan1.00infobox
Shallow Halis a2001 American romantic comedy film directed by the Farrelly Brothers0.90text

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