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| Director: David Zucker |
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David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Pat Proft |
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David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams |
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Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, Ricardo Montalban, George Kennedy |
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Action & Adventure |
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| Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 |
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(NTSC Widescreen) |
| Studio: Paramount |
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DVD Region: 1 |
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PG-13 |
| DVD Release: Aug 2000 |
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Discs: 1 (DVD) [$9.98] |
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| Reviews: David Zucker--of the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker creative troika behind "Airplane!" and television's "Police Squad!"--directed this 1988 feature film based on the latter show. Leslie Nielsen returns to his old TV role of Lt. Frank Drebin, the deadpan idiot with a detective's badge. The reinvention of the failed series as a theatrical feature seems to have inspired everyone involved to make a pretty funny movie, and the jokes gather a momentum that lasts until the final act. Ricardo Montalban is a perfect foil as a villain whose aquarium is being invaded by Drebin during routine questioning, and George Kennedy is delightful in a self-parodying part as an earnest but obtuse lawman. There's a hilarious bit when Drebin--wearing a live police wire while going to the bathroom--can be overheard over the loudspeakers at a speech given by a flustered mayor (Nancy Marchand). Yes, that's O.J. Simpson as a detective who ends up on the wrong side of numerous Drebin blunders. "--Tom Keogh" |
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