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Synopsis: Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive, he seeks help from his ex, Glenda. She is a public defender remarried to a prosecutor, and we get a houseful of hijinks.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Jay Sandrich
Production: Columbia Pictures Corporation
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
PG
Year:
1980
102 min
923 Views


a very conservative state.

You're gonna have image trouble.

The sooner he's caught,

the better off we are.

What are the police doing?

The usual. Roadblocks, a couple

of helicopters, dogs, big dogs.

Anything else?

Can we call the Air Force and

ask for saturation bombing?

Thanks a lot, Glenda.

JUDGE:
Mrs. Parks,

is there any legal reason

why the sentence should not now

be imposed on your clients?

No, Your Honor.

All right.

In view of the extenuating

circumstances in this case,

I'm willing

to release your clients,

Robert Broken Feather

and Thomas Jefferson Wolf Call,

on probation.

Thank you, Your Honor.

I wish to make it clear, however,

that I do not condone their behavior.

And that is a condition

for probation.

They're gonna have to make restitution

to the Welfare Department

for some $326.41 in damages.

What would you do, Your Honor,

if the government withheld your

welfare checks for six months

because of a clerical error?

I would try to get along

on my pension.

I want to see these two young

men in my court in three weeks,

gainfully employed or showing

just cause why they're not.

Otherwise, I shall reconsider

my reconsiderations.

I will personally see to it

they have jobs.

We don't know

how to thank you, Mrs. Parks.

We're really grateful.

It's okay.

Can we buy you a beer?

No, you can't buy me a beer,

you're on probation.

Try Dr Pepper.

I want to see you both in my

office at 9:
00 in the morning.

There's ranch in Topanga Canyon that

needs some help with their horses.

Are you interested?

Uh, we can't ride.

Can't ride? Terrific.

What can you do?

I was in the Navy

for three years.

Served on the bridge.

Well, maybe the stable needs

some help with their boats.

See you tomorrow.

Bye. Let's get out of here.

- We won an overtime.

And don't call me boss.

Didn't you see Roots?

Chester, where'd

you get that hat?

From a chauffeur.

- No, I found it.

- On a chauffeur.

Chester, the only reason I made you a

chauffeur is to keep you from stealing.

Why are you doing this to me?

Because I wanna be as good a

chauffeur as I am a stealer.

Well, there's a certain sincere

logic in that, I suppose.

I hope you boys

won't be offended by this,

but, I gotta get back to work.

And I was wondering

if I could quit the gang.

Be willing to give up

my share of the money.

Obviously,

I'd be sworn to secrecy.

You know, I think we've all grown

really close to each other

since this morning.

What do you say, Bee Gee?

If the man wants out,

let him out.

Really appreciate that, Bee Gee.

Forget I mentioned the name.

Is this a good spot here?

Maybe near a bus depot.

Or here. Here's good.

I like here a lot.

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Neil Simon

Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927) credited as Neil Simon, is an American playwright, screenwriter and author. He wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He has received more combined Oscar and Tony nominations than any other writer.Simon grew up in New York City during the Great Depression, with his parents' financial hardships affecting their marriage, giving him a mostly unhappy and unstable childhood. He often took refuge in movie theaters where he enjoyed watching the early comedians like Charlie Chaplin. After a few years in the Army Air Force Reserve, and after graduating from high school, he began writing comedy scripts for radio and some popular early television shows. Among them were Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows from 1950 (where he worked alongside other young writers including Carl Reiner, Mel Brooks and Selma Diamond), and The Phil Silvers Show, which ran from 1955 to 1959. He began writing his own plays beginning with Come Blow Your Horn (1961), which took him three years to complete and ran for 678 performances on Broadway. It was followed by two more successful plays, Barefoot in the Park (1963) and The Odd Couple (1965), for which he won a Tony Award. It made him a national celebrity and "the hottest new playwright on Broadway." During the 1960s to 1980s, he wrote both original screenplays and stage plays, with some films actually based on his plays. His style ranged from romantic comedy to farce to more serious dramatic comedy. Overall, he has garnered 17 Tony nominations and won three. During one season, he had four successful plays running on Broadway at the same time, and in 1983 became the only living playwright to have a New York theatre, the Neil Simon Theatre, named in his honor. more…

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