Overview
The Nutt House, initially titled The Nutty Nut, is a 1992 comedy film directed by Adam Rifkin. It stars Stephen Kearney, Traci Lords and Amy Yasbeck. It was also the last film for Emil Sitka, Sandra Gould and King Moody.
Plot
Identical twins Philbert and Nathan Nutt were separated at birth. Philbert is married to a wealthy heiress with a mistress and a political campaign for President of the United States. Nathan suffers from a severe case of multiple personality disorder and has spent his life in a lunatic asylum. Nathan shows up on his brother's doorstep and what begins as a case of mistaken identity spirals out of control.
Cast
Stephen Kearney as Philbert Nutt / Nathan Nutt
Traci Lords as Miss Tress
Amy Yasbeck as Diane Nutt
Robert Trebor as Buddy
Robert Colbert as Board Doctor
Emil Sitka as Geeves
Sandra Gould as Ma Belle
Catherine Bach as Benefit Reporter
Production
Filming took place on location in Los Angeles, California in the summer of 1991. Creative tensions between director Scott Spiegel and one of the film's producers, Brad Wyman, resulted in Spiegel being replaced by another director, Adam Rifkin, three weeks into production. Wyman later stated that he regretted firing Spiegel and blamed it on the fact that he (Wyman) "wasn't a very good producer at the time." As a result, the writers of this film - Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and Scott Spiegel - were so embarrassed with the end result that they all used pseudonyms instead of their own names in the credits.
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