A Night at the Roxbury - wikipedia A Night at the Roxbury A Night at the Roxbury Theatrical release poster Directed by John Fortenberry Produced by Lorne Michaels Amy Heckerling Written by Will Ferrell Chris Kattan Steve Koren Starring Will Ferrell Chris Kattan Dan Hedaya Molly Shannon Richard Grieco Music by David Kitay Cinematography Francis Kenny Edited by Jay Kamen Production company SNL Studios Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date October 2, 1998 ( 1998 - 10 - 02 ) Running time 82 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $17 million Box office $30.3 million A Night at the Roxbury is a 1998 American comedy film based on a recurring sketch on television 's long - running Saturday Night Live called `` The Roxbury Guys ''. Saturday Night Live regulars Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Molly Shannon, Mark McKinney and Colin Quinn star. This film expands on the original Saturday Night Live sketches where the Roxbury Guys were joined by that week 's host, and bobbed their heads to Haddaway 's hit song `` What Is Love '' while being comically rejected by women at various clubs. Other roles include Jennifer Coolidge as a police officer, Chazz Palminteri 's uncredited role as gregarious night club impresario Mr. Benny Zadir, and Colin Quinn as his bodyguard Dooey. Ex-SNLer Mark McKinney has a cameo as a priest officiating a wedding. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Soundtrack 4 Reception 5 References 6 External links Plot Wealthy Yemeni - American brothers Steve ( Will Ferrell ) and Doug Butabi ( Chris Kattan ) enjoy frequenting nightclubs, where they bob their heads in unison to Eurodance, a subgenre of dance music, and fail miserably at picking up women. Their goal is to party at the Roxbury, a fabled Los Angeles nightclub where they are continually denied entry by a hulking bouncer. By day, the brothers work at an artificial plant store owned by their wealthy father, Kamehl. They spend most of their time goofing off, daydreaming about opening a club as cool as the Roxbury together, and Doug using credit card transactions as an excuse to flirt with a card approval associate via telephone that he calls `` Credit Vixen. '' The store shares a wall with a lighting emporium owned by Fred Sanderson. Mr. Butabi and Mr. Sanderson hope that Steve and Emily, Sanderson 's daughter, will marry, uniting the families and the businesses to form the first plant - lamp emporium. After a day at the beach the brothers decide that night was to be the night they would finally get into the Roxbury. Returning home, Doug gets into a heated argument with their father about going out clubbing instead of staying home. Their father has planned a dinner party with Emily and her parents. The angered Mr. Butabi then refuses them access to their BMW car and their cell phones. They are given enormous cell phones by their mother, Barbara, and allowed use of the fake - plant store 's delivery van, but they are immediately rejected once again by the doorman. After discovering they might bribe their way into the club, the brothers drive around looking for an ATM. They get into a fender - bender with Richard Grieco and, to avoid a lawsuit, Grieco uses his fame to get them into the popular club. There, they meet the owner of the Roxbury, Benny Zadir, who listens to their idea for their own nightclub. He likes them and sets up a meeting with them for the next day. The brothers also meet a pair of women at the Roxbury : Vivica and Cambi, who see them talking to Zadir and think that the brothers are rich. The women later sleep with Doug and Steve, leading the brothers to think they are in `` serious relationships. '' On the way to the after - party at Mr. Zadir 's house, the brothers annoy his driver and bodyguard Dooey by making him stop to buy fluffy whip and making jokes about sleeping with his parents. As revenge, the next day, Dooey refuses them entry into Zadir 's office for their meeting. He tells the brothers that Zadir was drunk out of his mind last night and does not know who they are. In reality, Zadir wanted to see them, but does not have their contact information. Vivica and Cambi break up with the Butabi brothers after realizing they are not actually wealthy. Afterwards, the brothers argue over who is at fault for their sudden misfortune and Doug moves out of their shared bedroom and into the guest house. Meanwhile, Steve is forced into an engagement with Emily by his father. The wedding is held in the backyard of the Butabi residence, but is interrupted by Doug. Having gone on a fluffy whip - fueled bender, he interrupts the wedding, reconciles with his brother, and the wedding is called off, only to be restarted as Craig, the Butabi brothers ' personal trainer, reveals his feelings for Emily. Afterwards, Grieco ( a guest at the wedding ) talks to Mr. Butabi to help him understand that Steve was not ready for marriage, and that Butabi is too hard on Doug. After the Butabi brothers reconcile with their father and Doug moves back into their bedroom, the film ends as the brothers happen upon a hot new club. The building is unique in that the exterior is constructed to resemble the interior of a nightclub, and the interior resembles a street -- this was an idea pitched by Doug and Steve to Zadir earlier in the film. Attempting to enter, they are surprised to find their names already on the VIP list. In addition, Zadir reveals that to reward their idea, he has made them part - owners of the club. Their new - found success comes full circle when they meet two women in the club : Doug 's phone operator from the credit card company ( `` Credit Vixen '' ) and a police officer with whom Steve flirted while getting a ticket. Cast Will Ferrell as Steven `` Steve '' Butabi Chris Kattan as Douglas `` Doug '' Butabi Loni Anderson as Barbara Butabi Dan Hedaya as Kamehl Butabi Molly Shannon as Emily Sanderson Dwayne Hickman as Fred Sanderson Maree Cheatham as Mabel Sanderson Lochlyn Munro as Craig Richard Grieco as himself Kristen Dalton as Grieco 's lady Jennifer Coolidge as Hottie Police Officer Meredith Scott Lynn as Credit Vixen Gigi Rice as Vivica Elisa Donovan as Cambi Michael Clarke Duncan as Roxbury bouncer Colin Quinn as Dooey Twink Caplan as Crying flower customer Eva Mendes as Bridesmaid Mark McKinney as Father Williams Chazz Palminteri as Mr. Benny Zadir Christian Mixon as Guy in Corvette Viveca Paulin as Porsche girl Agata Gotova as Waitress Rachel Galvin as Girl on beach Soundtrack A Night at the Roxbury Soundtrack album by Various Artists Released September 29, 1998 Genre Eurodance, dance - pop, house, synthpop, disco Length 60 : 40 Label DreamWorks Producer David Kitay No. Title Artist ( s ) Length 1. `` What Is Love '' Haddaway 3 : 35 2. `` Bamboogie '' ( Radio Edit ) Bamboo 3 : 15 3. `` Make That Money '' ( Roxbury Remix ) Robi Rob 's Clubworld 3 : 51 4. `` Disco Inferno '' Cyndi Lauper 3 : 18 5. `` Do Ya Think I 'm Sexy '' N - Trance featuring Rod Stewart 3 : 25 6. `` Pop Muzik '' 3rd Party 3 : 05 7. `` Insomnia '' ( Monster Mix ) Faithless 3 : 45 8. `` Be My Lover '' ( Club Mix ) La Bouche 5 : 35 9. `` This Is Your Night '' Amber 3 : 52 10. `` Beautiful Life '' Ace of Base 3 : 11 11. `` Where Do You Go '' ( Ocean Drive Mix ) No Mercy 7 : 21 12. `` A Little Bit of Ecstasy '' Jocelyn Enriquez 3 : 59 13. `` What is Love '' ( Refreshmento Extro Radio Mix ) Haddaway 14. `` Careless Whisper '' Tamia 5 : 27 15. `` Stayin ' Alive '' The Bee Gees 4 : 45 16. `` Nightmare '' Brainbug 6 : 34 17. `` Rhythm Is a Dancer '' Snap ! 4 : 39 Reception A Night at the Roxbury was heavily panned by critics, earning an 11 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus that A Night at the Roxbury `` has the same problems as the worst SNL movies : one - note characters and plots unreasonably stretched to feature length runtime ''. Anita Gates of The New York Times acknowledged the film 's appeal, but reasoned that it was `` a lot like the brothers themselves : undeniably pathetic but strangely lovable. Still, do you really want to spend an hour and a half with them in a dark room ? '' Roger Ebert observed that `` the sad thing about A Night at the Roxbury is that the characters are in a one - joke movie, and they 're the joke... It 's the first comedy I 've attended where you feel that to laugh would be cruel to the characters. '' References Jump up ^ `` A NIGHT AT THE ROXBURY ( 15 ) ''. United International Pictures. British Board of Film Classification. January 7, 1999. Retrieved August 27, 2014. Jump up ^ `` ' LA Times ' -- Studios See $ $ in Less - Than - Worthy ' SNL ' Film Spinoffs ''. Archived from the original on May 9, 2006. Retrieved 2008 - 03 - 25. Jump up ^ `` A Night at the Roxbury ( 1998 ) -- Box Office Mojo ''. Boxofficemojo.com. 1998 - 11 - 13. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 07. Jump up ^ `` Various -- A Night At The Roxbury ( Music from the Motion Picture ) ''. Discogs. Retrieved 30 January 2012. Jump up ^ `` A Night at the Roxbury ''. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 07. Jump up ^ `` A Night at the Roxbury - FILM REVIEW ; A Lucky Break for the Terminally Uncool ''. The New York Times. October 2, 1998. Jump up ^ `` A Night at the Roxbury ''. Chicago Sun - Times. October 2, 1998. 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Question: when did night at the roxbury come out
Answer: October 2, 1998