Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuKindly former vaudeville performer Bill Grant befriends sassy fourteen-year-old runaway Kate, who is being pursued by some clownishly cruel drug dealers.Kindly former vaudeville performer Bill Grant befriends sassy fourteen-year-old runaway Kate, who is being pursued by some clownishly cruel drug dealers.Kindly former vaudeville performer Bill Grant befriends sassy fourteen-year-old runaway Kate, who is being pursued by some clownishly cruel drug dealers.
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I'd much rather recommend About a Boy infrastructure, a far better more intelligent movie.
There's a few funny lines here, and I don't really blame the cast who are doing their best, it just doesn't work as a movie.
I caught this in a theater back in 1979. I was only 16 and (back then) liked almost anything. I saw it solely because of Burns (Shields was still fairly unknown--this was pre "Blue Lagoon"). I though it might be light and innocuous. It WAS both of those things but it was also boring, pointless and full of some of the worst jokes and most contrived situations I've ever seen. Aside from a glimpse of Brooke's (or her doubles) nude butt and a few minor profanities this is made for TV material--and I don't mean that in a good way! Burns tries his best to put over his terrible lines but he can't. Shields is young and appealing--but this was before she learned how to act. This did nothing for either of their careers and sank without a trace. As other posters have said this was never on VHS or DVD. There's a reason for that! Bottom of the barrel. A 1.
Some favorite parts: George Burns singing, the score of the film, the way his kitchen looks, a young and beautiful Brooke Shields, and just the light tone of the whole thing! Gosh, I just love it! Because of this movie, I will now have to check out other George Burns films, because I am now hooked! Though this is not the first movie I've seen him star in, it's the first time I've been present enough to really pick up on what I charming screen presence he has!
Update: Finished it, and what a top notch cast! I wasn't expecting so many memorable people, such as Christopher Knight from The Brady Bunch, Burl ives, and others. This is so worth seeing!
Side note: I have quite a little crush on George Burns, I've just realized. I'm quite smitten with his voice and demeanor.
I love George Burns doing his lovable old performer character. Brooke Shields was a good child star who develops great chemistry with the old-timer. I don't know why she has to be naked or pretend to be naked in almost movie. The biggest problem is the weirdly dangerous clunky drug story in between the funny bits. The tone is all over the place. The movie is definitely trying to be funny but the drug story is so cheesy dark that it screws the movie up.
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- WissenswertesOne of the lobby cards for this film shows George Burns in a deleted scene visiting Tower Records at 8801 Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood in Los Angelese, California, USA.
- PatzerBill went to Tower Records and bought Saturday Night Fever on vinyl for Kate. Well, the song that plays on the turntable is on neither of the two records on the original soundtrack.
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Bill: Running away from home?
Kate: I'm an orphan.
Bill: What happened to your folks?
Kate: They died. Went down with a boat. Sank. Forget the name of it. Big boat.
Bill: Titanic?
Kate: Yeah, that's it!
Bill: Then your parents died 63 years before you were born!
Kate: Which is why I hardly knew them.
Bill: Yeah, well that... that... that makes sense.
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Music and Lyrics by Sammy Fain
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