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This remake of Preston Sturges's 1948 comedy follows the same plot but doesn't produce nearly as many laughs, though it does have its amusing moments....(read more...)
Dudley Moore is a famous orchestra conductor who is convinced that his wife (Nastassja Kinski) is having an affair with his best friend, a flamboyant violinist (Armand Assante). So he plots an elaborate scheme by which he will kill them both and get away with murder. That fantasy, which he has while conducting an orchestra, rapidly falls apart once he actually tries to put it into motion. Moore and Assante compete for overacting awards, while Kinski was never much of an actress to begin with. Still, this was one of Moore's better roles during his brief bout with stardom in the '80s, and any movie with Albert Brooks (as Moore's venal manager) in it can't be all bad. --Marshall Fine
Director:
Howard Zieff
MPAA: PG
Release Date: Feb 10, 1984
Cast:
Albert Brooks,
Alison Price,
Armand Assante,
Bernard Behrens,
Cassie Yates,
Dudley Moore,
Jan Triska,
Jane Hallaren,
Nastassja Kinski,
Richard B. Shull,
Richard Libertini
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