The Impostors
by Stanley Tucci
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Actor: David Lipman, Jessica Walling, Oliver Platt, Stanley Tucci, Walker JonesDirector: Stanley Tucci
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
Producer: Stanley Tucci
Writer: Stanley Tucci
Cinematographer: Ken Kelsch
Editor: Suzy Elmiger
Producer: Elizabeth W. Alexander
Producer: Jonathan Filley
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-05-18
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of The Impostors
Movie Review: What a great comedy !!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Please forget the amazon editorial review- he has no clue what this gem of a movie is about. No offense to him whatsoever. This movie still makes me laugh so much I have to pause the DVD several times EVERY time I watch it. It's pure silly fun and it's like a cinematic glass of champagne- Dom Perignon, please !
What is this movie about ? The so-called bygone era of the '30s with the tradition of the theatre deeply tied into it. The last scene brings both together in one of the best endings I've ever seen. It never takes itself seriously so why should we ? That's one of the things I love about The Imposters- it's a never-ending play on expectations and assumptions.
It's a challenge to write about movies or anything really, that references its own milieu. This isn't a movie about movies, thank goodness- instead it takes the aspects of an era of cinema and theatre that makes the writers, director and everyone involved in the creative process inspired to create their own version of an era that we have made nostalgic rather than alive and present. What a better way to celebrate that era but with a movie in our time that brings all that history right into this very moment ?
I do hope Stanley Tucci and company make more films like this. After Big Night and The Imposters I can watch anything they make ! And Oliver Platt in drag, alone, is worth the entire movie !
Summary of The Impostors
Meet Authur (Stanley Tucci) and Maurice (Oliver Platt), two out-of-work actors who escape from the police by stowing away aboard a luxury liner. But soon the ship hits the fan, and the impostors must give the performance of a lifetime - not only to evade the authorities, but to foil the dastardly plot of a deranged crewman who has explosive plans for eveyone on board.It's unfortunate to report that The Impostors--a misguided, but slightly noble, attempt to return to both the Hope and Crosby Road movies as well as the screwball comedies of the '30s and '40s--really, really doesn't work. Writer, director, and star Stanley Tucci (who created the gorgeous Big Night) plays Arthur, who along with Maurice (Oliver Platt) finds himself stowing away on an ocean liner and forced into multiple masquerades. The film has a dream cast of supporting players, including Steve Buscemi, Tony Shalhoub, Isabella Rossellini, and Campbell Scott, but the humor never works and this vessel founders quickly. --Keith Simanton
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