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A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
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- TriviaIn his biography, Christopher Reeve claims this film's failure, along with Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987), The Aviator (1985), and Street Smart (1987), knocked him off the A-list in Hollywood and he would have to audition for major roles for the rest of his career.
- GoofsWhen Christy is chasing Ike, she loses her shoes and leaves them behind. However, after catching and directing Ike to the news building, Christy is seen entering the building and putting her shoes back on, though she never returned to retrieve them.
However, as the news building is across the field from where Christy tackled Ike, it is likely she retrieved her shoes on the way as she ran to the news building. She wouldn't have stopped to put her shoes back on while running in the grass, but waited until she was on solid footing just before entering the building.
- Quotes
The Governor: He's pardoned.
Roy Ridnitz: You can't do that!
The Governor: Yes I can. He's pardoned, and he's pardoned, and she's pardoned and you're not!
Featured review
It's SNN Satellite News Network in Chicago. Christy Colleran (Kathleen Turner) is their overworked lead reporter. Finally, her ex-husband producer John L. Sullivan IV (Burt Reynolds) sends her off for a relaxing vacation in Canada where she falls for hunky sporting goods company owner Blaine Bingham (Christopher Reeve). She quits. John contrives to keep her around with a pending execution story and other underhanded moves. Roy Ridnitz (Ned Beatty) is running for governor on his law and order credential. He tries to prevent the interview with prisoner Ike Roscoe (Henry Gibson) who killed an undercover cop. Although Ike claims that he was a corrupt drug dealing cop who killed his son with drugs.
This is His Girl Friday (1940) which is itself an adaptation of The Front Page (1931). It's a screwball comedy and biting satire aimed at media and politics. I need more chemistry between Turner and Reynolds. Reeve is trying to be goofy and uptight. He should be capable but I would have liked his character to be a stiff with a stick up his butt. Maybe he could be a nerd. I don't like him playing it this way. I just want to like Turner and Reynolds more. It's functional. There is a good reason why this story has been remade so many times. It's a fun screwball comedy... if it's done right.
This is His Girl Friday (1940) which is itself an adaptation of The Front Page (1931). It's a screwball comedy and biting satire aimed at media and politics. I need more chemistry between Turner and Reynolds. Reeve is trying to be goofy and uptight. He should be capable but I would have liked his character to be a stiff with a stick up his butt. Maybe he could be a nerd. I don't like him playing it this way. I just want to like Turner and Reynolds more. It's functional. There is a good reason why this story has been remade so many times. It's a fun screwball comedy... if it's done right.
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- Eine Frau steht ihren Mann
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- Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,129,999
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,121,752
- Mar 6, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $9,129,999
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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