Wednesday 17 February 2016

Outrageous Fortune (1987 Arthur Hiller)

I wanted more Shelley Long, who gives the film its funniest moment when she impersonates a tough New York cop, much to Better Midler's surprise (and growing admiration).

Debut screenplay of Leslie Dixon (whose next film was Overboard) also features Peter Coyote, Robert Prosky (the ballet teacher), John Shuck, George Carlin (drunk in the desert), Anthony Heald (undercover CIA agent).

When the Indians came in on bikes I thought what a great idea it would have been in the seventies to make a variation on cowboys and Indians featuring them against Hell's Angels.

Fun, though the Linn drum and slap bass (Alan Silvestri) do become quite exhausting.

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