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30 Years Ago, Quentin Tarantino Somehow Helped Rewrite One of the Worst ‘SNL’ Movies Ever
The notorious bomb grossed less than $61,000 on an $8 million budget.
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In 1994, Julia Sweeney’s popular Saturday Night Live character, Pat Riley, was given a movie adaptation entitled It’s Pat. The film revolves around the androgynous and obnoxious Pat, who falls in love with Chris, another person of indeterminate gender played by Kids in the Hall star Dave Foley. Meanwhile, Pat’s neighbor, Kyle (Charles Rocket), develops an attraction to Pat and becomes obsessed with finding out Pat’s gender. This has a negative effect on Kyle’s relationship with his wife as he begins to question his sexuality, and eventually starts dressing up like Pat.
It’s Pat was a notorious box-office bomb, grossing just under........