---
title: 'Excess Baggage (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Marco Brambilla'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/excess-baggage-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119086/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Excess Baggage (1997)

1997 · 98 min · Comedy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Excess Baggage is a 1997 American crime comedy film, written by Max D. Adams, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais, and directed by Marco Brambilla about a neglected young heiress who stages her own kidnapping to get her father's attention, only to be actually kidnapped by a car thief. The film stars Alicia Silverstone, Benicio del Toro, and Christopher Walken. Upon release, it was a critical and commercial failure.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Marco Brambilla](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-brambilla)
- **Screenplay:** [Dick Clement](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-clement), [Ian La Frenais](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-la-frenais), [Max D. Adams](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-d-adams)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Lurie](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lurie)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean-Yves Escoffier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-yves-escoffier)
- **Editor:** [Stephen E. Rivkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-e-rivkin)

## Cast

- [Harry Connick Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-connick-jr)
- [Michael Bowen](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-bowen)
- [Robert Wisden](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wisden)
- [Alicia Silverstone](https://cinepixo.com/people/alicia-silverstone)
- [Christopher Walken](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-walken)
- [Benicio del Toro](https://cinepixo.com/people/benicio-del-toro)
- [Nicholas Turturro](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-turturro)
- [Hiro Kanagawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiro-kanagawa)
- [Jack Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-thompson)
- [Sally Kirkland](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-kirkland)
- [Leland Orser](https://cinepixo.com/people/leland-orser)

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