Buy & Cell is a 1988 comedy film directed by Robert Boris. The original music score was composed by Mark Shreeve.

Buy & Cell
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Directed byRobert Boris
Written byKen Krauss
Merrin Holt
Story byLeonard Montana
Louis Peraino
Produced byCharles Band
Frank Yablans
StarringRobert Carradine
Randall "Tex" Cobb
Imogene Coca
Malcolm McDowell
CinematographyDaniele Nannuzzi
Music byMark Shreeve
Production
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Distributed byTrans World Entertainment
Release dates
  • May 15, 1988 (1988-05-15) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • June 16, 1988 (1988-06-16) (West Germany)
  • January 27, 1989 (1989-01-27) (USA)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Premise

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Herbie Altman is framed by his business partner and sent to jail where he sets up "Con Inc." an investment company with the help of those around him. This is due to the fact that he helped a fellow inmate to invest his money. He runs the business under the nose of the police wardens.[1]

Principal cast

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Availability

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The movie was released on videocassette in 1989 by New World. The tape itself is notable for having trailers for the films Warlock and The Punisher, both of which were passed on to separate studios after New World fell into bankruptcy. In 1991, Starmaker Video released a tape in the EP Mode. A DVD has been released in Australia and in the Netherlands, but as of December 22, 2009, no plans for a Region 1 DVD have been announced.

Critical reception

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Leonard Maltin called the film an "uninteresting would-be comedy."[2] TV Guide wrote, "Clumsy financial satire set in the USA but shot cheaply in Italy. (...)Despite (or perhaps because of) its virtuous intentions, Buy & Cell is dated and largely unfunny."[3]

From All Movie Guide:

Lame, predictable story which wastes a talanted cast.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Buy & Cell (1988) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-11-03
  2. ^ Maltin, Leonard (2013-09-03). Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-101-60955-2.
  3. ^ "Review on TV guide".
  4. ^ "Buy-and-Cell - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-01-20. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
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