
This was based on a true-life incident from the Farrellys' adolescence. After the picture's memorable "hair-gel" scene, probably the movie-stealer was Ben Stiller helplessly getting his member caught in his zipper. Then came "King Pin," with Woody Harrelson, and the megahit "There's Something About Mary," 1998's fourth-highest-grossing release. I want to do it.' From that day forward, our lives changed." "But no actor wanted to be in a movie called `Dumb & Dumber,"' says Farrelly. The brothers had toiled for years rewriting other folks' scripts but couldn't hip a studio to one of their own.įinally, they decided to produce and direct "Dumb & Dumber," about two idiots and a lot of bathroom gags, themselves.

Indeed, the Farrellys' whole world changed when they first snagged Carrey for their debut film, 1994's "Dumb & Dumber," which became a $340 million blockbuster.
