Rich and Famous
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Movie Reviews of Rich and Famous
Movie Review: Bisset and Bergen shine in sassy remake of "Old Acquaintance"
Summary: 4 Stars
Legendary director George Cukor's final movie was a sassy and thought-provoking remake of "Old Acquaintance", based on the play by John Van Druten.
Old schoolfriends Liz Hamilton (Jacqueline Bisset) and Merry Noel-Blake (Candice Bergen) vow that whatever directions their lives take, firm friendship will hold them together. That sisterhood is pushed to it's limits when Los Angeles housewife Merry hits bestseller paydirt with her steamy romance novels; whilst Liz strives for literary greatness without the glory.
This 1980s update on the 1943 classic "Old Acquaintance" (which memorably starred Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins) succeeds largely due to the inspired performances of Ms Bisset and Ms Bergen. Both imbue their roles with lots of underlying pathos and depth. George Cukor shocked his contemporaries by including a very raunchy sex scene with Bisset and the much younger Matt Lattanzi. On viewing the film for the first time, Cukor's close friend Katharine Hepburn was quoted as saying "You've made some sexy movie!".
RICH AND FAMOUS co-stars Hart Bochner, David Selby, Nicole Eggert and also boasts the film debut of Meg Ryan. Watch out for some cameo appearances from the likes of Roger Vadim, Nina Foch, Ray Bradbury, Fay Kanin, Paul Morrissey and Christopher Isherwood.
The complete uncut 117 minute version of RICH AND FAMOUS is the one that's featured on this DVD. Extra features are limited to the vintage featurette "On Location with Rich & Famous", and the theatrical trailer. Highly-recommended.
Movie Review: Almost uncut
Summary: 4 Stars
As a previous posting revealed, the opening scene is cut by a few seconds when Bergen & Bisset climb the stairs to the train platform. Why? A few words of dialogue that helped build the background of the story were therefore lost. Unless the master was damaged in that spot, Warner have no excuse for editing this film on DVD. Aside from that, it is a great DVD and the parts that many people, myself included, were worried may be cut are not. The two extras are nice, and if it wasn't for that stupid little edit by Warner, I would rate it 5 stars.Movie Review: What version is the real one? Not this one, for sure.
Summary: 4 Stars
That's strange! I've seen recently RICH AND FAMOUS on TCM Channel and it was the full version. The scene on the plane between Jacqueline Bisset and Michael Brandon was complete, and the nude scene between Matt Lattanzi and Bisset in the hotel room was also showed as it was filmed originally. How can it be that the DVD version is severely butchered and the cable show is not? Let`s hope that the film will be released on DVD in the future on its uncut version. I`ll wait till then.Movie Review: An Excellent Movie Finally On Dvd! But Is It Uncut.The Vhs And Laser Disc All Show 117Minutes!
Summary: 4 Stars
This Is a great movie,finally being released on Dvd.As mentioned by my fellow reviewers,the original VHS was cut at 117 minutes,which i own.It was cut.The dvd and the vhs list the same running time,so i will bet the dvd is also cut.I dont buy edited movies if i can help it.I guess i will watch both to see the difference....Its not uncommon to find the vhs movie to differ from the dvd release.Thank You.Movie Review: DVD gets a "D"
Summary: 3 Stars
In answer to recent and future reviewers: the new DVD version of "Rich & Famous" is NOT complete and uncut. Yes, the famous sex-on-the-airplane scene is there in all its turgid glory - but only minutes into the film there was an unexplainable cutting of a few seconds of scene and dialogue when Bisset and Bergen are running in 1959 for the train. Bergen explains that Doug was first Bisset's date, and then there's a sharp cut in the scene. I took out the DVD, popped in my old video version, replayed the scene, and sure enough Bisset explains, out of breath, that Doug was only a blind date. Not a pivotal moment, but still, I expect the entire film to be on a DVD. I was angrily reminded of DVDs of television shows (like "Laverne & Shirley") I've purchased that have similar cuts. Unfortunately there are probably other cuts in "Rich and Famous", and there should be none. A letter of complaint to the DVD-makers is probably in order. What a disappointment for long-patient fans of the film.