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Synopsis: In Nelson, the chief of the firemen C. D. Bales is a man with complex since he has a huge nose. When his friend Dixie rents her house to the gorgeous student of astronomy Roxanne, he falls in love with her but keeps his feelings as a secret. C.D. hires the handsome fireman Chris and Roxanne asks C.D. to help her to date him. However Chris is an average American with very limited culture and he asks C.D. to help him to get in her pants. C.D. writes letters disclosing his feelings for her and Roxanne is seduced by the man that writes such letters. What will happen when she meets Chris?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Fred Schepisi
Production: Columbia Pictures Corporation
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
73
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
PG
Year:
1987
107 min
1,372 Views


Oh, yeah, nice and cheap, I'll bet.

Oh, it's worth it.

This house has a great spot for that.

I thought you'd never ask.

I didn't.

What is it, a mummy?

It's a telescope. It's beautiful.

- You must know about M31.

- Yeah.

Now, see, I like it when they give

astronomical objects names...

...you know, like Andromeda

and Saturn and Sea of Tranquility.

This whole numbering thing

is just too boring for us civilians.

Do you know how many objects

are up there?

Well, I know it's over 50.

They've done pretty well, considering

how many things they have to name.

How about muon?

Gluon?

Quark?

You know what a quark is?

I used to. I just forgot right now.

Oh, well, we don't know

everything, do we?

Sit down, I'll show you.

Let's see.

Here it is.

No one's actually ever seen a quark,

but we know they exist.

There's at least six different types.

There's up, down, strange,

charmed, bottom and top.

That's their flavor.

The top and bottom quarks

are the most common kinds.

But only an unusually

exotic collision...

...can produce the strange

and charmed quarks.

It's beautiful, don't you think?

Oh, yeah, yeah,

these are astronomical objects, then?

No, subnuclear particles.

I thought so.

So, what are you looking for?

I can't tell you.

Why is that?

I can't, it's a secret.

Oh, I got you.

I got a few secrets myself.

Some pretty important ones too.

Well, actually,

I have one pretty impor...

Well, actually, I have one lousy one.

Well, actually,

I don't have any secrets at all.

It's just so depressing.

Did you say your name

was Roxanne?

Yeah.

That's unusual. It's pretty.

There's a name for a galaxy.

Sorry, didn't mean

to wax rhapsodic.

I should go.

It's late, I've got a lot

of important things to do.

Okay.

Well, wish me luck.

- On?

- Just luck.

No, I don't believe in luck.

Wish for something to happen.

I know what you mean.

- Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

So long.

- Are you okay?

- Oh, I'm fine. I'm fine. Goodbye.

So long.

Bye.

Roxanne.

It's a party town, maestro.

You'll love it.

- Gavanna Samana?

- What?

Weren't you Playmate of the Month,

June '85?

- Come on.

- No.

That's really funny...

...because I thought I recognized

your inner diameter slope.

What's that?

That's the part of the back of your leg

that curves into your inner thigh.

Works every time, maestro.

I'm calling you maestro...

...because that's what you are

with the chicks, right?

All right, men, let's go.

I'll take the top one.

Gotcha.

- All right, man, are you ready?

- Okay.

Right.

What?

What's going on here?

Training.

I want something

that says action with style.

- Kind of a GQ firefighter.

- Hey, guys.

Guys, this is Chris, our new pro.

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Steve Martin

Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, playwright, author, and musician. Martin came to public notice in the 1960s as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and later as a frequent guest on The Tonight Show. In the 1970s, Martin performed his offbeat, absurdist comedy routines before packed houses on national tours. Since the 1980s, having branched away from comedy, Martin has become a successful actor, as well as an author, playwright, pianist, and banjo player, eventually earning him an Emmy, Grammy, and American Comedy awards, among other honors. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked Martin at sixth place in a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comics. He was awarded an Honorary Academy Award at the Academy's 5th Annual Governors Awards in 2013.While he has played banjo since an early age, and included music in his comedy routines from the beginning of his professional career, he has increasingly dedicated his career to music since the 2000s, acting less and spending much of his professional life playing banjo, recording, and touring with various bluegrass acts, including Earl Scruggs, with whom he won a Grammy for Best Country Instrumental Performance in 2002. He released his first solo music album, The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo, in 2009, for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. more…

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