It's Pat

It's Pat (1994)

The sex symbol of the 90's.

Pat Riley, an obnoxious busybody of indeterminable sex, meets and falls in love with Chris, a sensitive, caring person also of indeterminable sex. Their relationship suffers because Pat's a lout, and cannot decide on a direction for their life. Meanwhile, Pat's neighbor Kyle falls further and further into obsession with Pat, fascinated by their indeterminate sexuality.

Date of release
1994-08-26
TMDB
3.1 / 10 (82)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Adam Bernstein

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Pat
  • Filmed in: Los Angeles
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 5

It's Pat is a 1994 American slapstick comedy film directed by Adam Bernstein and starring Julia Sweeney, Dave Foley, Charles Rocket, and Kathy Griffin. The film was based on the Saturday Night Live (SNL) character Pat, created by Sweeney, an androgynous misfit whose gender is never revealed. Foley plays Pat's partner Chris, and Rocket, another SNL alumnus, plays Pat's neighbor Kyle.

Production

In January 1993, it was announced 20th Century Fox was developing The Pat Movie based on the Saturday Night Live character Pat starring Julia Sweeney. In order to make the movie, Fox had to negotiate the rights of the character from NBC (though Sweeney herself possessed certain rights regarding the character). Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels had no involvement with the film which was produced by Charles B. Wessler.

The film was written by Sweeney, Jim Emerson (Sweeney's friend from their days with The Groundlings), and Sweeney's former husband Stephen Hibbert. While at the Groundlings, Emerson suggested that the character Pat, at the time a "character based on annoying co-workers who don't leave you alone", be made androgynous.

Three months before the film's release, Sweeney commented on her initial reluctance to do a film based on Pat:

I resisted it completely. I just didn't know how we could make it last for two hours. But 20th Century Fox was really keen; our producer was really keen. So we thought, OK, we'll write the script. And after three months, we fell madly in love with the script. Unfortunately, Fox did not.

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