  little nicky is a 2000 american comedy film directed by steven brill. it stars adam sandler as nicky, a son of satan. ==plot== the story revolves around a struggle to determine which of satan's (harvey keitel) three sons will succeed their father as ruler of hell. adrian (rhys ifans) is the most devious, cassius (tom lister jr.) is the cruelest and nicky (adam sandler) is their father's favourite. adrian and cassius claim that nicky's mother is a goat and torment him by controlling his body with their minds. nicky has had a speech impediment and a disfigured jaw since cassius hit him in the face with a shovel. having been the "prince of darkness" for ten thousand years, satan assembles his sons to decide which of them will succeed him, but instead he keeps the throne for himself because his sons are not yet ready to be his successor and tells them that they need to learn to keep the balance between good and evil. angered by this decision, adrian and cassius go to earth to create a new hell by possessing religious and political leaders in new york city. as they leave, they freeze the entrance to hell, preventing more souls from entering and causing satan's body to begin decomposing. to stop adrian and cassius, satan sends nicky to earth with a silver flask that traps whoever drinks from it inside. at first, nicky has trouble staying alive on earth. he is killed several times, landing in hell and returning to new york each time. while learning how to eat and sleep, he meets a talking bulldog named mr. beefy (voice of robert smigel), rents an apartment with an actor named todd (allen covert) and falls in love with a design student named valerie (patricia arquette). nicky's first encounter with his brothers occurs when adrian sees him with valerie, takes mental control of his body and makes him scare her away. then nicky sees cassius on television, possessing the referee (dana carvey) of a [[harlem globetrotter
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