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Damn...this movie's got EVERYBODY

posted 17 years ago by BeaArthur5-49
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Seriously. My jaw dropped at the first glimpse of Shirley MacLaine, then I began a game of "tally up the has-beens"...Foster Brooks & Sid Ceasar fishing together! Tim Conway and Don Knotts as bumbling highway patrolmen! Jim Neighbors as "Homer Lyle"! I held my breath when Dino suggested they go see "The King," then got just what I was hoping for: Sinatra himself (kinda) shows up!

Sadly, the REAL King, the Big E himself was 7 years dead, because NOTHING could have rounded out a cast this big like an appearance by Elvis.

Truly a masterwork of American cinema. And check out the ending, in which Connecticut looks astoundingly like the Arizona desert!

[–] oprlvr33 14 years ago

Yeah....yeah

It featured all the big A-stars from that time. However, all of them very badly represented (though certainly not for any lack of talent), only a god-awful script bearing almost no jokes.

I think it was a conspiracy: Offer a group of A-list stars extra dough to "star" in a lame sequel simply because Needham's Bookie was tired of waiting for his cash-in. The original movie's fans are brainless twits anyway. They'll pay again to see Reynolds' million-dollar mug onscreen. And who doesn't love Dom's wit?

It was way obvious that Burt and Dom were listless [literally] throughout the whole shoot -ready to toss their scripts at any given moment and walk right off the set -but certainly not before saying to Hal, f---------!!! Keep your paycheck! (no one would have blamed them)
(Ah - ya think)
By that point -the whole movie layout almost ended up a Documentary...

H U G E waste of everyone's talents.

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