Death to Smoochy is a 2002 American dark comedy film directed by and starring Danny DeVito and starring Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, and Jon Stewart. "Rainbow Randolph" Smiley , a happily corrupt children's television host, is disgraced by an FBI sting for ripping off parents who want their kids on the show. He is replaced by the "squeaky clean" Sheldon Mopes and his character, Smoochy the Rhino. Mopes is uniquely sincere and thoroughly interested in providing quality child edutainment but is seen by the network as nothing but a substitute for Randolph and they... immediately implement a full line of theme-related products based on Smoochy in order to reap the tremendous commercial benefits of what has quickly become a tremendously popular kids show. Randolph finds himself unemployed, homeless, and outcast from the television industry by his two-faced associate Marion Stokes . In an effort to return to the spotlight, Randolph hatches several schemes to bring down Mopes in hopes of reclaiming his time slot, including planting phallic-shaped cookies into a live taping of the Smoochy show.
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| Release date: | March 29, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Danny DeVito |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 109 Minutes |
| Producer: | Peter Macgregor-Scott, Andrew Lazar |
| Editor: | Jon Poll |
| Music by: | Edward Norton, David Newman |
| Cinematography: | Anastas N. Michos |
| Screenplay by: | Adam Resnick |
| Estimated budget: | $50,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |