Mother, Jugs & Speed
by Peter Yates
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Actor: Allen Garfield, Bill Cosby, Harvey Keitel, Larry Hagman, Raquel WelchDirector: Peter Yates
Brand: Fox
Cinematographer: Ralph Woolsey
Producer: Peter Yates
Producer: Charles H. Maguire
Producer: Joseph Barbera
Producer: Tom Mankiewicz
Writer: Tom Mankiewicz
Writer: Stephen Manes
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); English (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-09
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Movie Review: Must -see, must-gift, must-view film "AND DANCE" - theme song
Summary: 5 Stars
It is hard for me to believe anyone who is sane, wouldn't find this nutty, serious, colorful, odd, hilarious, dispeptic film to be a great ride.
The cast list alone is so ridiculous, it could answer a trivia question. Harvey Keitel? Right there, you have to be interested. Larry Hagman? Yes, he's in it too, and this was post-"I Dream of Jeanie" and pre- Dallas. Rumor is his disquieting portrayal helped him get the J.R. Ewing role (take that, brother Bobby!). Bruce Davidson, before he became a stereotyped nice guy, was a stereotyped younger guy, but he does quite well playing off Bill Cosby. Yes, Cosby and Keitel. It would seem to be a disaster, but it works. You want more? Raquel Welch - in her prime (and I do mean prime). Her acting isn't bad either, and she manages to also do well against two engaging actors (Cos, Harv). Every single cast member down to the tiniest role is great in this, and the unpredictably funny, odd, and serious, even a little heart-hitting moments, come like waves crashing into an ambulance on a beach. The music is fantastic, the cars and trucks are super-70's, but they still hold up if you love Americana, and the one-liners and sight gags are just fantastic. If you like some of the Farrely Brothers earlier stuff (not their last two dry, blah films), see this film. If you like Quentin Tarantino, see this film. If you like to see nuns freaking-out when the sirens go off out of nowhere, see this film. If you want to just sit and watch people having fun, find out what people eat at odd times on odd shifts (hint, don't be eating anything when Cosby orders his food from his "rig") yet also acting and interacting, and take yourself somewhere while you actually forget you're watching a film, and, instead, think you're really along for the ride in that ambulance company, SEE THIS FILM!
One more point and it's a great trivia question. Try and find out why the owner of F&B says he named his company in the way that he did. It's not what you think, and it's really a slogan for the entire attitude of the film. Cosby should've screened this before and after every other film he attempted, because he nailed a film role - finally. The answer is below, so don't look unless you feel compelled to read it by my engaging review and question.
ANSWER:
They ask the owner, Fishbine, what the "B" stands for - is it a partner, does it stand for something? He says, no, the "F" is me, but I wasn't about to name my business the "F" Ambulence company. HAHA hilarious.
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