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Leon the Pig Farmer

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Leon the Pig Farmer (1994)

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Reviews Counted: 5 Fresh: 4  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.1/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Synopsis: Leon, a young Jewish Londoner, quits his job at an uncouth real estate firm and begins to work part time for his mother's catering company. On a delivery to a local sperm bank, he discovers that he is the product of a botched artificial insemination and his father's sperm was confused with that of... Leon, a young Jewish Londoner, quits his job at an uncouth real estate firm and begins to work part time for his mother's catering company. On a delivery to a local sperm bank, he discovers that he is the product of a botched artificial insemination and his father's sperm was confused with that of a northern pig farmer. His family is disconsolate over the news, so Leon decides to go up to Yorkshire to meet his biological dad. The farmer and his wife are thrilled to learn that they have a son; they quickly make an effort to integrate his Jewish culture with their own, learning certain key Yiddish expressions and how to cook kosher food. Even so, Leon does not take easily to farm life. When he mistakenly injects sheep semen into a pig, however, Leon creates a stir by creating what might be the first ever kosher pig. He escapes with the animal to London, where both of his families meet and exchange "cultural dialogue." [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Mark Frankel, Maryam D'Abo, Janet Suzman, Brian Glover, Connie Booth

Director: Vadim Jean, Gary Sinyor
Composer: David Hughes

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Jul 20, 1994

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inspired silliness

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04/05/05
Rich Cline
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How funny can a movie be about the world's first kosher pig farmer? Funnier than you'd expect.

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Not a great movie, but a great example of a type of film that could be made not that long ago for about $320,000.

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