Foul Play

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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

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Muther........ with a laugh.......2007-07-12

Well, well Goldie you were fabulous back then as now and Chevy, what a hunk. The story is a bit silly and the car chase to the opera rather long winded, however overall the film is pure "Who Dunnit" entertainment. If you want to just make some popcorn and relax for the two hours this is the movie to see. Being a scrabble player I particularly enjoyed the two senior citizens creating a rather interesting word on the scrabble board as Goldie hangs on the edge of the stairwell in the rain.
I also enjoyed the fact that it was a full screen version.
The quality is good and of course the soundtrack includes a number of lovely old Barry Manilow favourites. All in all a good entetainment package.
Enjoy!

It makes me happy inside.......2007-06-28

This is a movie I can enjoy over and over, like a favorite fairy tale.

Where do I begin? Goldie Hawn as Gloria Mundy is gutsy yet tender, assertive without being obnoxious, and funny, funny funny.

The plot is multi level. If you care about such things, it's an intriguing concept that international terrorists want to kill the pope in order to force taxation of churches. If that's a yawn for you, just enjoy the running around and avoiding the bad guys. It's both a tribute to and a sendup of both Hitchcock and cop movies.

If you like classical music, the entire operetta of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado is the soundtrack, (almost) completely in sequence. (OK, there's some BeeGees mixed in, too.) If you don't like opera, just ignore it, you don't have to understand it to have it add to the fun.

Some of the details are marvelous!! In all my life, no matter how "serious" the movie is, I have never seen a good-guy gunshot scene done so well. (Chevy Chase as cop Tony Carlson has the bad guy in his sight, realizes he can't make the shot without endandering an innocent bystander, and declines to shoot--rather than shooting away anyhow!) The lead up to what Stanley Tibbits does for a living is hilarious and strangely subtle. And the Scrabble game could stand alone in any comedy show.

This is the acting career that got away from Chevy Chase--he does nuanced irony ("Stiltskin...I've heard that name somewhere before") and pratfalls with equal aplomb. If he'd stayed with directors that kept him from chewing the scenery in other movies, what would he have accomplished?

OK, some of the details are silly--how in the world did Gloria's clothes get in Tony's apartment? Why do the bad guys let her keep her pocketbook?

But in the long run it's fun, and they all (good guys, anyway) lived happily ever after.

Just fun.......2007-06-26

A movie to watch for fun. Nothing earth shattering, but very enjoyable. One of my all time favorite movies

A great Chevy Chase/Goldie Hawn movie! .......2007-05-23

Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase have done many movies together, but this one is by far my favorite of them all! I love the scenes with Dudley Moore.

My favorite movie.......2007-04-10

This has always been my favorite movie. I love being able to order the old movies on DVD.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles / Summer Rental / Foul Play (Triple Feature)

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles / Summer Rental / Foul Play (Triple Feature)
Starring: Planes Trains & Automobiles , Summer Rental , and Foul Pla
Manufacturer: Paramount Home Video
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City Confidential¿: Scottsboro: Foul Play In The Bible Belt

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City Confidential¿: Scottsboro: Foul Play In The Bible Belt

Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
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ASIN: B000E373H6
Release Date: 2000-02-21

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In 1991, Mrs. Glen Summerford lay dying on the floor of her home, poison coursing through her veins and a suicide note next to her. But it wasn't suicide, and she didn't die. And the investigation that followed turned the tiny town of Scottsboro, Alabama, deep in the heart of the Bible belt, upside down. Mrs. Summerford's husband was the head preacher at the Church of Jesus with Signs Following, but he was unable to cast out his own demons. A heavy drinker, he was prone to fits of passion over his wife's infidelities, real and imagined. He was also a snake handler. And on the fateful night, he went to his wife in a drunken stupor and demanded that she tell him the truth. When her answers did not satisfy him, he forced her at gunpoint to thrust her hand into a rattlesnake cage! But the drama was just beginning... CITY CONFIDENTIAL relives every aspect of the investigation and trial of Glen Summerford, a case that forever changed the town.

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