Excess Baggage is a 1997 crime-comedy film written by Max D. Adams, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais, and directed by Marco Brambilla about a neglected young woman who stages her own kidnapping to get her father's attention, only to be literally kidnapped by a car thief. The film stars Alicia Silverstone , Benicio Del Toro, Christopher Walken, and Harry Connick, Jr. Emily Hope stages her own kidnapping to get the attention of her father. She puts herself into the trunk of her own car , tapes her legs and mouth, handcuffs her hands and calls the police so they can come “rescue”... her. But then, unexpectedly, a car thief named Vincent Roche steals the car with her in it. Suddenly Emily finds herself actually kidnapped, only the kidnapper doesn’t know what to do with her. Christopher Walken shows up as Emily’s Uncle Ray, Jack Thompson as Emily’s father, and Harry Connick, Jr., as Greg, Vincent’s car-stealing partner. The film features cameo appearances by voice-actor David Kaye, April Telek and Matthew Robert Kelly, all of them uncredited.
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| Release date: | August 29, 1997 |
| Directed by: | Marco Brambilla |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Bill Borden, Carolyn Kessler, Alicia Silverstone |
| Editor: | Stephen E. Rivkin |
| Music by: | John Lurie |
| Screenplay by: | Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Max D. Adams |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |