Anita Gillette, Bill Murray, Harve Presnell

Meet Jack Corcoran, motivational speaker to the masses in mini-malls and rented halls across the country. Take Jack's advice: if life isn't all all that you expected, put aside all those wouldas, coul...( read more  read more... )das and shouldas and GET OVER IT! That's what Jack has done. He got over the fact that his father died before he was born while saving a child from drowning--at least that's what his mother's always said. He got over a bad first marriage and is now engaged to Celeste. But, at his engagement party, a telegram arrives that presents him with a problem he may have trouble getting over... or around... or under. As it turns out, his father was not dead... though he is now. The reality is that Jack's dad was a circus clown and only just passed on, leaving his son a hefty inheritance: his 8,000 pound trained circus elephant named Vera. Determined to unload Vera for quick cash, Jack lines up two offers, but either way, he has to move Vera to California in less than five days. No road trip was ever like this.

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DVD Release Date: February 4, 2003

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  • November 19, 2007
    Bill Murray and elephants. You pretty much could just see the cover and understand.
  • December 16, 2007
    Hilarious!
  • August 27, 2009
    I found it to be decent. It could've had more exciting parts.
  • June 29, 2009
    Only got to see the clipped tv version, but was still entertaining.
  • June 4, 2009
    They say not to act with kids or animals...aparently that doesn't matter.
  • May 2, 2009
    This film marks the beginning of more sophisticated comedies for Bill Murray. It's often overlooked but still a great movie.
  • April 12, 2009
    me encanto el elefante...
  • December 28, 2008
    when you put everything great into one movie, you get this :D
  • December 16, 2008
    A hilarious adventure story of a man who's father he's never met passes away and he inherits a 8000 lb. circus elephant named Vera. Bill Murphy as he only can, takes you on a heart-warming adventure of a man and an elephant finding out who he is.
  • June 1, 2008
    Did Murrayhave to make this movie?

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  • dustinolsonis
    October 21, 2007
    if you bigger you get larger but look at my life

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