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Massey looks ill-at-ease as the king's evil brother while Fairbanks seems to be having a ball playing Massey's rascally henchman.
A few Chan's regulars show up, including the master from the masterpiece Drunken Master playing essentially the same role, but Jackie himself is nowhere to be found.
"How long have you been playing?" Watson asks.
With a modicum of witty repartee, some excellent carnival locations, and an unusual villain (a master spy whose cover is playing a sideshow mechanical man), this one might have ascended from third to second rate, were it not for Morris's acting (mostly a matter of flashing a grin that looks too wide for his face) and his hat (its too-small brim accentuates his big square face and makes him look stupid amongst all the elegant, wide-brimmed hats worn by everybody else, even the weaselly villains).
It all starts with an awful script--it really seems like someone just recorded a bunch of twelve year olds playing "rocket ship" together--"whoah, someone diverted our energy!
and Ace in the Hole, ironically the latter being a film in which Douglas also starred in and playing the same type of character.
The screenwriter for "The White Sister," Donald Ogden Stewart, has an uncredited bit playing the hind end of a horse; that pretty well sums up this picture.
Miller has a ball playing the slimy anti-hero; he keeps things bouncy and funny throughout.
Carly, Gemma, Piccolo, and Sebastian set off to find her, singing and playing instruments for money as they go.
There was an episode when they poked fun of the Facts of Life and had a man playing the role of Mrs. Garrett.
All the old stalwarts are there - Gabriel Byrne, obviously trying to remember where he is; Richard Harris, mercifully silent so just playing with his hair; Vanessa Redgrave, doing a wonderful imitation of Ingrid Bergman in "Murder on the Orient Express".
Before that there is water skiing, card playing, occasional use of a typical but fun slasher score and some relatively rocking tunes by a group called Voyager.
That's what happened whenever one of the Stacys would start speaking, and camera zoomed in on her--that damn cheesy elevator music would start playing.
Good to see Michael Rooker playing a Good Guy.
The two leads supposedly hated playing their roles, and it shows.
Also the scene in the park where Harrison is checking out kids playing sends that old "gay people will threaten your innocent children" message.
This low budget offering from disturbed filmmaker James Toback ("Black and White") features Adrian Grenier as a Harvard University basketball player in money trouble who is conned by his shaddy girlfriend (Sarah Michelle Gellar (playing a rif on her "Cruel Intentions" role) to throw a basketball game for money.
The tragedy of this film is that it's not playing in every theatre in the U.S. so it can be seen by the people who most need to see it.
The great memories of childhood included playing sports and watching television (it was ALWAYS on when I was in the house!!).
Thomas Jane is a brilliant Mickey Mantle playing the role of American legend with biblical sincerity.
"Quiet Days" is certainly one of Miller's crudest books, in terms of him coming off like a real jerk, albeit a smart and charming one (which the actor playing Miller totally lacks).
The actor who played the lead was a little too old to be playing this type of "dork", he elicited no charm what-so ever, which was supposed to be the desired aim I suppose.
Surprisingly mild vehicle for Pam Grier, targeted at the black urban audiences of the 1970s, isn't terribly good despite a varied roster of bemused supporting talents, including Jim Backus, Yaphet Kotto, Scatman Crothers, Godfrey Cambridge, Carl Weathers from "Rocky", Ted Lange from "The Love Boat", and Eartha Kitt, hamming it up as usual playing a breathless fashion designer.
I had the pleasure of playing Darell in the movie(drug dealer in the opening scenes) First: what a great experience to work with that cast and crew, no matter how many times I fell, jumped, got shot, sped out, ate arms, got smothered by a pack of zombies, and snorted powdered sugar for cocaine, and then hear..let's do it again!
When I first knew that French Stewart was playing Inspector Gadget, I thought, "great!".
but in this movie, chapelle's reduced to playing the silly black sidekick, danny devito is given NOTHING to work with, and macdonald is so unfunny i found myself thinking about cleaning house while the video was on.
First and foremost, it has a loopy, loony, don't-take-me-too-seriously quality, augmented by the music (one almost expects an accordion from some French cafe to be playing in the background, as in Delicatessen or Amelie, but it's a bit more restrained than that), which absolutely belies the seriousness of what's actually taking place.
The only optimistic thing you can say about the film is that the girl playing the leading part (who was a beggar) could buy a simple house for her and her family after having played in the film.
Eddie Robinson gives a flawless performance, as always, playing a sharp minded and hard working plant owner who's life's blood flows through the profit margins of his business.
Also, who decided that the only footage of astronauts to be shown would be people just dicking around on the surface of the moon, or playing catch and spinning around inside Skylab?
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