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DVD Foul Play
Not short on murder, mayhem, or any other screwball '70s conventions, Foul Play is a wonderful vehicle for Goldie Hawn. She plays Gloria, a librarian "ready to take a chance again," who ends up the target of an assassination ring. Chevy Chase, fresh off of Saturday Night Live, does the closest thing to real acting he would ever achieve (okay, maybe Fletch) as Tony, the cop assigned to protect Gloria. Dudley Moore made an indelible impression on American audiences as Stanley Tibbets, a surprisingly kinky symphony conductor. But it's the quirky things that make this film: the grandmothers playing Scrabble with expletives, Burgess Meredith's snake Esme, the old Japanese couple in the back of the careening limo. From the opening credits with Barry Manilow crooning the title song, this is a fond trip down memory lane. --Keith Simanton
While the comic thriller has come a long way since FOUL PLAY, the movie still maintains its charm and effervescence, thanks to the charisma of Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase. Goldie plays a lonely librarian who picks up a hitchhiker and then finds herself in the middle of an assassination plot. Chase plays the starry-eyed policeman assigned to protect her once they realize that she's not some looney tunes blonde after all. A young Brian Dennehy plays Chase's partner; the late Rachel Roberts plays a conniving killer; Burgess Meredith does his kung foo best and Dudley Moore plays a sex-starved orchestra conductor. The film is well produced and Barry Manilow's READY TO TAKE A CHANCE AGAIN garnered an Oscar nomination for its writers (Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel). A delightfully nostalgic trip down memory lane.
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There aren't many '70's movies that can stand the test of time, but this is one of them! I recently watched this one again and enjoyed almost every minute of it.
Those of you that have never seen this are in for a real treat. Those of you that HAVE will enjoy yourselves when watching it again.
I remember the first time I saw this. I was amazed that a movie could have me jumping in one scene, and then laughing hysterically in the next.
It's a "whodunit".
It's a comedy.
It has an elaborate swinging singles apartment.
It has car chases.
It has dirty scrabble playing.
It has disco music.
It has snakes.
It has karate action.
It has a dwarf.
It has an albino.
It has a man-with-a-scar.
It even has opera!
What more could you want?
And the price is right!
Definitely worth adding to your DVD collection!
Wonderful!!!
I think this is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. As a plot though it has so many holes it makes a Swiss cheese look like solid rock. What was on the film? Why did the bad guys drive their own car with their own license plate on it? Why didn't Whitey take Gloria after he killed Scarface instead of kidnapping her in the next scene someplace else? Since they thought she had the cigarettes, why didn't the bad guys look through her purse before they locked her in the room instead of just leaving the purse there beside her? I was on the bad guys' side as far as their ideas went. In any other movie sans a murder they could have been the good guys. And that for years has been my only objection to a suspenseful, exciting (really) and absodamnlutely hilarious movie.
An original Neil Simon screenplay makes Seems Like Old Times rise above what would otherwise be a forgettable comedy love triangle. Goldie Hawn (Private Benjamin) plays a good-hearted defense lawyer married to Ira, a politically ambitious district attorney played by Charles Grodin (Midnight Run). The craziness of their everyday lives becomes even more ridiculous when ex-husband Chevy Chase is framed for a bank robbery and seeks refuge with the woman he could never get over. Hawn hides the love of her life under her husband's nose as Chase tries to clear his name. Hawn tries to protect him and Grodin just tries to keep from going insane. A slapstick romance that's very often hit-and-miss, the dialogue saves this comic farce and provides wonderful moments between the... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Goldie Hawn - Chevy Chase - Charles Grodin Director(s): Jay Sandrich DVD Release Date: Released the 19 March 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Despite the presence of hack director Arthur Hiller, this hybrid comedy-thriller works most of the time as pleasant faux Hitchcock. Gene Wilder is a book editor who is relaxing by taking a cross-country train ride. Then he gets caught up in a murder--and becomes a suspect. It's up to him to prove his own innocence. As noted, the script, by Colin Higgins, owes a big debt to Alfred Hitchcock; but the mystery isn't all that mysterious and the comedy isn't all that hilarious--at least not until Richard Pryor shows up, which is at least halfway through the film. Things definitely pick up from there. Jill Clayburgh, as the love interest, is merely along for the train ride. Wilder and Pryor eventually teamed up for several other films, but they were never as funny together as they are in this... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Gene Wilder - Richard Pryor Director(s): Arthur Hiller DVD Release Date: Released the 14 December 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This silky smooth film noir pits gruff police detective Dana Andrews, stiff and blunt in his street-bred manners, against a cultured columnist and acidic wit (Clifton Webb at his prissiest) in a battle of wits during a murder investigation. The cop is a romantic hiding under a hard-boiled exterior who falls in love with the beautiful victim through the portrait that hangs in her apartment. Gene Tierney, whose heart-shaped face mixes the exotic with the girl next door, brings the poise and calm of a model to her role as the object of every man's gaze and the target of a killer. Laura, handsomely shot in dreamy black and white, is the first and best of Otto Preminger's cool, controlled murder mysteries. In the gritty world of film noir it remains the most refined and elegant example... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Gene Tierney - Dana Andrews Director(s): Rouben Mamoulian - Otto Preminger DVD Release Date: Released the 15 March 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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JoBeth Williams plays an unfulfilled housewife who wins a trip to Paris after entering a short-story contest. Once there, she is hit by a car and wakes up believing she is the ingenious and brave heroine from her story. A series of misadventures leads her on a merry chase with fellow bumbler Tom Conti. The casting is a little dubious, but the ever adorable Conti gives this charm. It may rip off Romancing the Stone--without emulating that flick's witty dialogue or sexuality--but this appealing fluff remains a pleasant, if slight, diversion. --Rochelle O'GormanMore Info about this DVD Director(s): Rick Rosenthal DVD Release Date: Released the 03 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Audrey Hepburn was never more sleek and glamorous than in this delightful romantic caper costarring Peter O'Toole and directed by William Wyler. She's the chic daughter of a renowned art collector and covert forger (the always eccentric Hugh Griffith) who's deposited his best work, a famous statue, in a Paris museum. Trouble is, technology can now detect such forgery, so Hepburn plots to steal the statue with the help of O'Toole, an amateur thief and covert inspector. Of course, neither of them knows the whole truth about the other. They make an utterly charming couple, with O'Toole stealing the show in an uncharacteristically lighthearted turn. --Bill DesowitzMore Info about this DVD Director(s): William Wyler DVD Release Date: Released the 07 December 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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