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Martin also starred in a remake of the comedy Father of the Bride in 1991 (followed by a sequel in 1995) and in the 1992 comedy Housesitter, with Goldie Hawn and Dana Delany. It emboldened Martin to strive his hand at his first severe film, Pennies from Heaven (1981), primarily based on the 1978 BBC serial by Dennis Potter. He later re-teamed with Moranis within the Mafia comedy My Blue Heaven (1990). In 1991, Martin starred in and wrote L.A. The movie was the primary of three movies teaming Martin with Rick Moranis. Three Amigos!, directed by John Landis, and written by Martin, Lorne Michaels, and singer-songwriter Randy Newman. Martin was in three extra Reiner-directed comedies after The Jerk: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid in 1982, The Man with Two Brains in 1983 and All of Me in 1984, his most critically acclaimed efficiency as much as that point. It was originally entitled The Three Caballeros and Martin was to be teamed with Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. By 2003, Martin ranked fourth on the field workplace stars listing, after starring in Bringing Down the House (2003) and Cheaper by the Dozen (2003), each of which earned over $130 million at U.S.