Buying the Cow

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Buying the Cow
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Directed by Walt Becker
Written by
  • Walt Becker
  • Peter W. Nelson
Produced by
  • Bradley Jenkel
  • Dan Etheridge
Starring
CinematographyNancy Schreiber
Edited byTony Lombardo
Music by Andrew Gross  [ de ]
Distributed by Destination Films
Release date
  • 2002 (2002)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Buying the Cow is a 2002 American screwball comedy film directed by Walt Becker and starring Jerry O'Connell, Ryan Reynolds, Alyssa Milano and Bridgette L. Wilson.

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Plot

David is too afraid to commit to his girlfriend Sarah, who is pressuring him to get married. While she goes away to New York for work for two months, David's friends persuade him to experience the dating scene one more time. Meanwhile, David's womanizing friend Mike gets drunk one night and mistakenly believes he has had sex with a man, and afterwards makes several awkward attempts to come out of the closet, even though he is not really gay.

Cast

Production

In March 1999, it was reported that the Walt Becker and Peter W. Nelson penned Buying the Cow had been selected as an honorable mention in the Peter Stark Screenwriting Competition held during the 14th Santa Barbara International Film Festival. [1] In October of that year, it was reported that Destination Films had acquired Buying the Cow and set Becker to make his directorial debut on the film, while Jerry O'Connell was in final negotiations to star in the film. [2]

Release

The film was originally scheduled to be released in the fall or holiday season of 2000, but following the collapse of Destination Films due to a lack of equity investment funds were no long available to release the film. [3] [4] Distribution rights were acquired by Sony Pictures, who'd had a distribution agreement with Destination via their Columbia TriStar Home Video label, with the intention of releasing Buying the Cow theatrically in 2002 via their Screen Gems label. [5] Buying the Cow ultimately ended up being released in late 2002, [6] after Van Wilder had already been released.

Reception

Robert Pardi of TV Guide rated it 1/5 stars and called it "memorable for all the wrong reasons" because of its misogyny and homophobia. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Santa Barbara Film Fest; attendance up". Variety. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ "O'Connell stakes out 'Cow' lead". Variety. Archived from the original on April 13, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  3. ↑ "What's Your Flavor?". Los Angeles Times . 16 January 2000.
  4. ↑ "Terminal Destination". Variety. Archived from the original on November 19, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Sony snares Destination titles". Variety. Archived from the original on August 9, 2025. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  6. ↑ "One Less Address". Los Angeles Times . 14 July 2002.
  7. ↑ Pardi, Robert. "Buying The Cow". TV Guide . Retrieved 2016-10-19.


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