Author: Richard Crenna
Format: AC-3
Release Date: 22-12-1998
Details: Amazon.ca
With the success of
There's Something About Mary, the brothers Farrelly would seem to have inherited the dumb-comedy crown from the various talents who made
Airplane! and its many descendants:
Top Secret!,
The Naked Gun,
Hot Shots!. For the most part, that's true, but as
Wrongfully Accused proves, there's a bit of life in the old shtick. Pat Proft, a screenwriter on
The Naked Gun series and
Hot Shots!, makes his directorial debut with this farce, which stars--surprise, surprise--Leslie Nielsen in a parody of the feature version of
The Fugitive. More than that: Proft piles on joking references to a host of other dramas, including
Casablanca,
Mission: Impossible, and
Braveheart. While the persistence of these inter-movie gags can wear a viewer down a bit, the fact is some of the silly stuff really does hit its target. If the progeny of
Airplane! were to end with this movie, it would be a worthy way to say farewell to a once-good idea. The DVD includes trailers, a game, Dolby, audiovisual production notes, cast interviews, biographies and filmographies, English and French soundtracks, and English, French, and Spanish subtitles. With Kelly LeBrock, Richard Crenna, Sandra Bernhard, and Michael York.
--Tom Keogh
UPC: 085391612926
EAN: 0008539161292
Languages: English
Binding: DVD
Item Condition: UsedAcceptable