My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 comedy film written by Dale Launer, and directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio and Marisa Tomei, and featuring Fred Gwynne in his final role. The film deals with two young New Yorkers traveling through rural Alabama who are put on trial for a murder they did not commit, and the comedic attempts of a cousin, Vincent Gambini, a newly minted lawyer, to defend them.
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My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 comedy film written by Dale Launer, and directed by Jonathan Lynn, starring Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio and Marisa Tomei, and featuring Fred Gwynne in his final role. The film deals with two young New Yorkers traveling through rural Alabama who are put on trial for a murder they did not commit, and the comedic attempts of a cousin, Vincent Gambini, a newly minted lawyer, to defend them.
Much of the humor comes from the contrasting personalities of the Italian American Vinny and his fiancee Mona Lisa, and the more somber Southern townspeople. Pesci and Tomei received vast critical praise for their performances, and Tomei won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Additionally, Gwynne, who had long been typecast due to his role as Herman Munster in the television show The Munsters, received critical acclaim for his performance as the candidly human Judge Chamberlain Haller.
The cast also included Mitchell Whitfield, Lane Smith and Bruce McGill.
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