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Post by Marv on Feb 4, 2019 22:02:14 GMT
Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd comedy where they are sent as bumbling decoys into the Soviet Union and wind up getting into several shenanigans. I always thought it was funny. Rewatched it today...still holds up. Never knew Donna Dixon, the primary female in the film, was Dan's real life wife. Good job Dan. Also, Vanessa Angel from Kingpin fame plays a smoking hot russian soldier. Solid flick.
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Post by kolchak92 on Feb 4, 2019 22:03:14 GMT
It's like a good version of Ishtar.
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Post by johnspartan on Feb 4, 2019 22:09:03 GMT
I always liked it.
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Post by ck100 on Feb 4, 2019 22:10:54 GMT
I grew up seeing it on cable.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Feb 4, 2019 22:17:15 GMT
Words cannot begin to get across how much I LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie. It's one of my favorites from the 80s, and for my money is second only to Trading Places in terms of the best comedies of that decade. I re-watch it once a year and for anyone who grew up during the Reagan years, Marv is absolutely right about how well it holds up. For me it was Aykroyd's last true gem before he started a serious downhill slide, and Chevy Chase was at his smug best. The supporting cast was stellar; Steve Forrest was a riot as Genreal Sline.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 22:20:21 GMT
Love this movie.
One weird thing I always thought was that this felt like the script began life as a serious thriller, then got turned into a comedy along the way. I'm not sure exactly why... maybe because outside of all the funny lines and bits Ackroyd and Chase have, the rest of the movie is pretty much straight. I wonder every time I see it if they repurposed an existing script into a comedy.
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Post by petrolino on Feb 4, 2019 23:25:54 GMT
I like the theme song performed by Paul McCartney.
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Post by ck100 on Feb 5, 2019 11:50:38 GMT
I remember the Paul McCartney music video that featured Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase.
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Post by rizdek on Feb 5, 2019 12:18:04 GMT
Great movie...I watch it every so often and it never gets old.
Great supporting performance by Bruce Davison. I also liked him in Christmas Angel. He's a busy actor...look at the films/shows he's been in and still IS in.
Has Terry Gilliam in it...a part of the Monty Python troupe.
Even a cameo by Bob Hope.
I didn't know that about Donna Dixon and Akroyd, cool.
Hard to believe, but the "doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor, doctor" still makes me laugh. And yes, I had to access the IMDB quote section to get the correct number of "doctors." I had thought there was only 14...5 of them and two of Akroyd and Chase, but there was 6 of them.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Feb 5, 2019 13:00:00 GMT
One of my all time favorites.
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Post by gbone on Feb 5, 2019 13:17:18 GMT
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