<P> Kingpin is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly and written by Barry Fanaro and Mort Nathan . Starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel and Bill Murray, it tells the story of an alcoholic ex-professional bowler (Harrelson) who becomes the manager for a promising Amish talent (Quaid). It was filmed in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (as a stand - in for Scranton), Amish country, and Reno, Nevada . </P> <P> Flashy young bowler Roy Munson wins the 1979 Iowa state bowling championship and leaves home to turn professional . In his professional bowling tour debut, he defeats established pro Ernie McCracken, who takes the loss poorly and seeks revenge . McCracken convinces Roy to join him in hustling a group of local amateur bowlers . When the amateurs become furious after realizing they are being conned, McCracken flees while Roy is brutally beaten and loses his hand when it is forced into the ball return, ending his career . Seventeen years later, Roy uses a prosthetic hand and is living in Scranton, Pennsylvania as an alcoholic, unsuccessful traveling salesman of bowling supplies . He is always behind on his rent and is constantly harassed by his landlady Mrs. Dumars, eventually being reduced to trade sexual favors with her for a break on his back rent . </P> <P> On a sales visit to a nearby bowling alley, Roy meets Ishmael Boorg . Roy tries to convince Ishmael to turn pro, with Roy acting as manager . Ishmael declines, explaining that he is from the local Amish community and that his bowling hobby is a secret . Roy then sees a poster in a bowling magazine advertising a $1 million winner - take - all tournament in Reno, Nevada . Learning that Ishmael's family is about to lose their farm to the bank, Roy eventually convinces Ishmael's family to let him join Roy . </P> <P> Roy discovers that the childlike Ishmael is not aware of some of bowling's basic rules and skills . (His 270 average was because he was taught to bowl fifteen frames and not ten .) However, after some coaching, Ishmael improves . The duo earn money in various local tournaments and by hustling bowlers . Ishmael defeats a wealthy bowling enthusiast named Stanley Osmanski, but Stanley attacks the duo after discovering that the roll of cash Roy put up was fake . As the group flee Osmanski's mansion, his girlfriend Claudia, who had also been a victim of Osmanski's violence, joins them . Roy suspects Claudia has ulterior motives and is distracting Ishmael . After Roy gets in a fistfight with her, Ishmael flees . During his absence, Roy and Claudia drive on and end up back in Roy's hometown and at his childhood home, which has been abandoned ever since his father died years earlier . Roy then confesses to Claudia he never returned for his father's funeral out of shame for his failure as a pro bowler . They eventually find Ishmael and continue on to Reno . </P>

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