Mr. Deeds

The 2002 comedy film Mr. Deeds is about a small town man who inherits $40 billion dollars from his late uncle. This is a modern day remake of the 1936 film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.

Adam Sandler plays Longfellow Deeds, who goes simply by Deeds. Deeds leads a simple life, running a pizza parlor in a small New Hampshire town. Media mogul and Blake Media founder Preston Blake dies climbing Mount Everest and the search begins to find the heir for the Blake fortune. Genealogy proves that Deeds is the sole heir to the $40 billion Blake Media. Deeds is flown to New York City in hopes to convince him to sell the company, but he decides to to remain in control. Along the way he meets and falls in love with Babe Bennett, played by Winona Ryder. This however proves to be detrimental as she works for a tabloid television show, that out to gain off of Deeds' many drunken antics.