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You keep waiting for what should be a wild comedy to really take off, but this film sputters along without truly achieving liftoff. John Candy plays a writer for a TV soap opera whose life is as lovelorn as his show is packed with passion. A bump on the head, however, and it's Wizard of Oz time--except that Candy is now trapped in the world of his soap, with the advantage of knowing everyone's secrets, as well as what's going to happen next. Better yet, he's able to strike romantic sparks with characters whose actors (in real life) won't give him the time of day. But cuddly Candy isn't much of a romantic lead and the writing is too flat to let him really shine, even among a cast that includes Raymond Burr, David Rasche, and Emma Samms. --Marshall Fine
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Eddie Murphy - Delirious
Starring: Eddie Murphy , Brian O'Neal , Gus Loundermon , Kevin O'Neal (II) , and Clint Smith Director: Bruce Gowers Manufacturer: Entertainment Studio ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000KG4BTU Release Date: 2007-02-06 |
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Light years before political correctness--1983 to be exact--or his comeback in tame Disney comedies, Eddie Murphy was a charismatic, wonderfully offensive, egocentric 22-year-old black comedian known for crude celebrity impersonations and often shockingly frank diatribes on racial and sexual politics. Dressed in a skin-tight red leather suit and delivering endless streams of obscenities faster than Richard Pryor ever did, Murphy is captured in this raunchy HBO special (a filmed document of his Grammy-winning album, Eddie Murphy, Comedian) at his confident, swaggering, comedic peak--a posture that soon disappeared after a string of bland Hollywood comedies. Here, however, his energy and sheer virtuosity command complete control over the audience for 107 minutes, whether he's mocking personalities like Elvis, James Brown, and Stevie Wonder, or spinning long, gag-filled personal anecdotes about the ice-cream man or dysfunctional family barbecues. There's no apologizing for the immature stereotyping, blatant homophobia, and sexism (though Murphy did so several years later) that surface during the routine. But, then again, unlike his much nastier, one-sided concert film, Raw, no topic here is safe from Murphy's uproarious tongue-lashings--including the comedian himself. --Dave McCoy
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Lost and Delirious
Starring: Piper Perabo , Jessica Paré , Mischa Barton , Jackie Burroughs , and Mimi Kuzyk Director: Léa Pool Manufacturer: Lions Gate ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005QW5T Release Date: 2001-12-11 |
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Lost and Delirious
Starring: Piper Perabo , Jessica Paré , Mischa Barton , Jackie Burroughs , and Mimi Kuzyk Director: Léa Pool ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000065R1L |
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Delirious
Starring: John Candy , Mariel Hemingway , Emma Samms , Raymond Burr , and Dylan Baker Director: Tom Mankiewicz Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005V9HW Release Date: 2002-04-16 |
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You keep waiting for what should be a wild comedy to really take off, but this film sputters along without truly achieving liftoff. John Candy plays a writer for a TV soap opera whose life is as lovelorn as his show is packed with passion. A bump on the head, however, and it's Wizard of Oz time--except that Candy is now trapped in the world of his soap, with the advantage of knowing everyone's secrets, as well as what's going to happen next. Better yet, he's able to strike romantic sparks with characters whose actors (in real life) won't give him the time of day. But cuddly Candy isn't much of a romantic lead and the writing is too flat to let him really shine, even among a cast that includes Raymond Burr, David Rasche, and Emma Samms. --Marshall FineDescription
Writer Jack Gable's (John Candy) soap opera has it all: deceit, trickery, sex, sex and more sex...and that's just behind the scenes! Candy (Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Splash) is hilarious in this laugh-a-minute daytime serial spoof that co-stars Mariel Hemingway (Manhattan), Emma Samms ("Dynasty"), Raymond Burr ("Perry Mason") and David Rasche ("Nurses"). When Jack clumsily bumps his head, he wakes up in the small town of Ashford Falls, the setting of his popular soap opera. But what begins as a nightmarish scenario turns into the opportunity of a lifetime as Jack finds he can control the events around him...by writing them! With typewriter at hand, Jack attempts to win the love of the show's beautiful "bad girl" (Samms), but while scripting his destiny with her, he keeps running intoliterallyan accident-prone "good girl" (Hemingway). Will he be able to win the coveted woman of his dreams? Will he win the coveted Daytime Emmy? Only one thing's for certain: His attempts to write his own ticket will leave you laughing Deliriously!
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Lost and Delirious [Region 2]
Starring: Piper Perabo , Jessica Paré , Mischa Barton , Jackie Burroughs , and Mimi Kuzyk Director: Léa Pool ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000069ATW |
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Delirious [Region 2]
Starring: John Candy , Mariel Hemingway , Emma Samms , Raymond Burr , and Dylan Baker Director: Tom Mankiewicz ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000069JFW |
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You keep waiting for what should be a wild comedy to really take off, but this film sputters along without truly achieving liftoff. John Candy plays a writer for a TV soap opera whose life is as lovelorn as his show is packed with passion. A bump on the head, however, and it's Wizard of Oz time--except that Candy is now trapped in the world of his soap, with the advantage of knowing everyone's secrets, as well as what's going to happen next. Better yet, he's able to strike romantic sparks with characters whose actors (in real life) won't give him the time of day. But cuddly Candy isn't much of a romantic lead and the writing is too flat to let him really shine, even among a cast that includes Raymond Burr, David Rasche, and Emma Samms. --Marshall Fine
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Lost and Delirious [Region 2]
Starring: Piper Perabo , Jessica Paré , Mischa Barton , Jackie Burroughs , and Mimi Kuzyk Director: Léa Pool ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008N6ZS |
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