Foul Play
by Colin Higgins
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Actor: Burgess Meredith, Chevy Chase, Eugene Roche, Goldie Hawn, Rachel RobertsDirector: Colin Higgins
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: David M. Walsh
Writer: Colin Higgins
Editor: Pembroke J. Herring
Producer: Edward K. Milkis
Producer: Peter V. Herald
Producer: Thomas L. Miller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-16
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Foul Play
Movie Review: "Goldie Hawn's Best Movie"
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw "Foul Play" at a local drive-in, and I have always loved it. A superb comedy starring Goldie Hawn as a librarian without a social life, she plays Gloria Mundy who gets embroiled in an assasination attempt on the Pope's life. Filmed in beautiful San Francisco, the film also stars Chevy Chase in one of his better roles. He plays a cop who is hired to protect Gloria and to find the thugs who are out to murder the Pope. Rachel Roberts, who would take her own life in 1980, steals the movie as the mastermind behind this devious plot. Dudley Moore has a small supporting role in "Foul Play", playing a man Gloria meets at a bar.
"Foul Play" was written and directed by the wonderful "Colin Higgins", who would direct "9 to 5" and "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas". The theme is sung by Barry Manilow and is called "Ready To Take A Chance Again", one of the best theme songs in movie history.
Sit back and enjoy a fun, well-written comedy, the way movies should be! I have watched this film over a dozen times and I never get tired of it.
The DVD is pretty much barebones, but it is in widescreen format, digitally restored, and it comes with the trailer.
Summary of Foul Play
beware of the dwarf whispers the hitchhiker to the beautiful librarian as he dies midway through a moive. Suddenly she is propelled into a world of wild chases bizarre attempts on her life & deadly encounters with an assortment of weird underworld characters. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/23/2005 Starring: Goldie Hawn Burgess Meredith Run time: 116 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Colin HigginsNot 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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