With their iridescent suits, gold chains and sideburns, the Butabi Brothers(Will Ferell and Chris Kattan) are confident they’re cool enough to go wherever the night takes them. But the doormen at L.A’s hottest clubs think not, and keep them out on the street-until a fortunate accident ushers them into the ultra-hip Roxbury Club and into a life they once only dreamed about.

“A Night at the Roxbury” starring Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Dan Hedaya, Molly Shannon and Richard Grieco, is a Paramount Pictures presentation in association with SNL Studios. The comedy was produced by Lorne Michaels and Amy Heckerling. The Lorne Michaels and Amy Heckerling Production was directed by John Fortenberry from a screenplay by Steve Koren and Will Ferrell & Chris Kattan. Robert K. Weiss is the executive producer. Paramount Pictures is part of the entertainment operations of Viacom Inc.

The film also stars Loni Anderson, Elisa Donovan, Gigi Rice, Lochlyn Munro, Dwayne Hickman, Meredith Scott Lynn and Colin Quinn.

ABOUT THE STORY:
It may have taken the Butabi Brothers seven years to graduate high school, but by now they’ve realized ther’s more to life than working in their father’s silk plant store. Their goal is to get into L.A’s # 1 nightspot-the elegant Roxbury Club- and become movers and shakers in today’s happening night club scene.

Steve(Will Ferrell) and Doug(Chris Kattan) are determined to prove that for the first time in their lives, they are really worth something. They set out to prove their manhood by going through the ultimate rite of passage, getting into the A-club-the Roxbury- and maybe, someday, even running a club of their own.

But they’re not on the Roxbury’s quest list, so Doug and Steve are stuck on the side walk-as Doug complains, “ A-club people leading a B-club life”-until they roll into a fender bender with a club regular, litigation-phobic actor Richard Grieco (himself), who escorts them right into the Roxbury!
They make contact with Roxbury’s successful and influential owner, Mr. Zadir, who agrees to a meeting to discuss their” bound- to – happen” concepts for new clubs.
That same night at the Roxbury, Doug and Steve get picked-up by a pair of fortune-hunters, Cambi (Elisa Donovan) and Vivica (Gigi Rica), who mistake them for fat cats. They pair up for some wild dancing and move on to an exclusive party at Zadir’s plush residence.
Doug and Steve thoughtfully bring a fresh can of hot new “girlfriends” in a one-night stand which they mistake for “ a serious relationship.”

Will Doug and Steve strike it rich in clubland or cause gridlock in the fast lane? Whatever happens, life will never be the same for the Roxbury Guys- or for their angry, practical-minded father(Dan Hedaya):his pampered, jewellery-prone wife (Loni Anderson): or their young, seeminglyshy neighbor Emily(Molly Shannon) who, in reality, is hell-bent on manipulating Steve into marriage and their daddies’ brilliant new venture- a lamps-and-plants business.

“A Night at the Roxbury” is based on the popular Roxbury Guys, the “we’re so cool,” head-bobbing night clubbers created by Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan and regularly played by them in sketches on Saturday Night Live.” Ferrell and Kattan conceived the Roxbury Guys when they were polishing their stand – up skills at The Groundlings, Los Angeles’ renowned comedy theatre, where they were spotted by Lorne Michaels for “Saturday Night Live”
The pair recall the birth of the Roxbury Guys: “We were out at a Los Angeles area club with friends,” says Ferrell, “and we noticed thif guy leaning up against the bar.”
“You could tell he really wanted to dance, was sort of pathetic, “ Kattan recollects. “We kept checking him out and started picking up on his expressions and mannerisms. Something about this out-of-it guy intrigued us.”
Adds Ferrell, “ He was dying to be a part of the scene, but he’d try and try, and come up with nothing. He was really out of his element-a dorky fish in glizy water. Eventually, our impressions of him grew into the Roxbury Guys.”

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