Re-watched this movie over the weekend thanks to a horrible cold and HBOGo.
It still holds up! Aside from the dated technology I could see this movie existing in today's world. Well, except for the two characters who call Richard Pryor a nigger. Oh, and the black face...
Wilder is awesome, and really the driving force behind the movie. Pryor doesn't even show up until it's halfway over. Imagine that. A buddy comedy where one doesn't show up until it's almost over. Jill Clayburgh is the damsel in distress, and she's got great on screen chemistry with Wilder.
Lots of folks whose faces you'll know:
Patrick McGoohan is the villain. Richard Kiel and Ray Walston are his thugs. Scatman Crothers is a porter. Clifton James is that dim witted small town sheriff he plays in everything. Ned Beatty is on the train. A young Fred Willard makes a cameo.
Absolutely worth a watch.
Silver Streak
Silver Streak
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Silver Streak
I'm still trying to fight mine off. It started Friday night and is still going strong today, but far less severe than over the weekend. I'm just getting over the flu too. I don't think I've had the flu in two years and a severe cold in more. This year I get both and we've barely had winter.
I think the constant fluctuating temps have contributed.
I think the constant fluctuating temps have contributed.
“Activism is a way for useless people to feel important, even if the consequences of their activism are counterproductive for those they claim to be helping and damaging to the fabric of society as a whole.” - Dr Thomas Sowell
Silver Streak
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."