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The Odd Job

  • 1978
  • 1h 27min
PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
6,3/10
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The Odd Job (1978)
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Añade un argumento en tu idiomaWhen his wife leaves him, a neurotic husband hires an "odd job man" to kill him, but when she returns, he discovers that he is unable to cancel his contract with his would-be assassin.When his wife leaves him, a neurotic husband hires an "odd job man" to kill him, but when she returns, he discovers that he is unable to cancel his contract with his would-be assassin.When his wife leaves him, a neurotic husband hires an "odd job man" to kill him, but when she returns, he discovers that he is unable to cancel his contract with his would-be assassin.

  • Dirección
    • Peter Medak
  • Guión
    • Bernard McKenna
    • Graham Chapman
  • Reparto principal
    • Graham Chapman
    • David Jason
    • Diana Quick
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  • PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
    6,3/10
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    TU PUNTUACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Peter Medak
    • Guión
      • Bernard McKenna
      • Graham Chapman
    • Reparto principal
      • Graham Chapman
      • David Jason
      • Diana Quick
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    • 2Reseñas de críticos
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    Graham Chapman
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    • Arthur Harris
    David Jason
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    • The Odd Job Man
    Diana Quick
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    • Tony Sloane
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      • Graham Chapman
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    6boblipton

    Very Odd

    Graham Chapman returns home for his fifth anniversary, to discover that wife Diana Quick is leaving him. He's dull. After driving around half of London, she stays at mutual friend Tony Sloane's home. Chapman gets drunk. The next morning, Miss Quick calls, and he decides to commit suicide, but can't figure out how. That's when odd jobs man David Jason knocks on the door. They decide that he'll kill him unexpectedly over the next few days. Then Miss Quick returns and he changes his mind. Jason, however, does an honest bit of work, even though he keeps killing the wrong person. He keeps trying to off Chapman, though.

    Comedians trying to kill themselves dates back at least to Max Linder in LE PENDU. The idea of hiring someone to kill yourself and then changing your mind at least to Jules Verne in LES TRIBULATIONS D'UN CHINOIS EN CHINE, which was made into a movie by de Broca starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. So this has a long lineage.

    What will surprise people is that Chapman, despite his Monty Python roots, is not particularly funny. He is, as Miss Quick notes, dull, and his reactions to the situations are bizarre rather than funny. He is the center around which the comic characters circle, especially Jason, but also cops Edward Hardwicke, and an assemblage of mobsters hired to protect him from his would-be assassin. Still, there are plenty of things to laugh at in this black comedy.
    7Figgiedan

    Like Chapman then check it out. Don't like/know Chapman, move on.

    This movie stars Monty Python's Graham Chapman and apparently hasn't been seen by many people considering there are less than 10 votes on it. I bought the video for $5 at a flea market since I'm a Python fan, figured I'd check it out. It's ok. Nothing special..kind of a one-joke premise...hire a guy to kill you, decide you don't want him to...then the guy won't quit until the job is done. Pretty funny ending though. What a lot of people don't know is that the American version of this was Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise who remade it as "The End." I watched it once then resold it on ebay for twice what I paid - hurrah! It's out of print so its tough to find, unless you hit a flea market or an old 1980's video store that has this, Adventures of Pac-Man, and the original copies of all 9 Friday the 13ths..good luck!...7 out of 10 (average rating).
    10keith-macey

    A Professional Actors review of this film

    As a Life long Python Fan, and minor Featured cast member in one of their films, I loved this superbly Written, Acted and Directed film, which I have only just seen for the first time, as of 30/6/2022, made in 1978 London, the Graham Chapman humour shines throughout, and so no true python fan, or lover of 1970's UK comedy films should be disappointed ,an excellent job by Cast and Crew in making a comedy as only Chapman could, especially the ending, typical Graham Chapman style, , so glad I found this, I rate it 10 out of 10, both for it's over all enjoyment factor, and out of Loyalty to a much loved Monty Python Member ,the amazing Graham Chapman, fine acting and a comic legend, who sadly died age 48,on 4th October 1989.
    didi-5

    the best solo Python venture

    Very, very funny. Graham Chapman and David Jason are an inspired team, considering the problems hauling this movie into production. Chapman plays Arthur Harris, who gets depressed when his wife (Diana Quick) leaves him for slimy Simon Williams, and engages the bizarre odd job man to dispatch him into the next world. Then his wife returns, and Arthur changes his mind ... cue a sequence of situations featuring Arthur's attempts to evade being killed by Jason, being pursued by cynical policemen Edward Hardwicke and Bill Paterson, gangster Michael Elphick (brilliant), and flirty neighbour Carolyn Seymour. The scene in the restaurant is class, with Chapman in a feeble disguise to allay suspicion, and also the trip to the zoo is hilarious. Then, just as the odd job man finally gets the message (having killed several people by mistake), there is the oddest ending...

    As a solo venture, this outstrips all the others various Pythons took on. Chapman was always the funniest and most inspired of the team anyway, and this is a natural extension of that. Excellent.
    3artpf

    Not Worth the Time Commitment

    Had good hopes for this 70s flick with Python's Chapman, but it's really not that good.

    This was originally a short script and the filler shows. It rambles through unfunny situations and soon, to paraphrase Python, you feel like it goes on and on and on until you start foaming at the mouth and fall over backwards.

    To be fair, there were lots of these B Brit films made in the 70s. This one tries to promote itself on Python's back, only there is nothing Pythonesque about it.

    There's nothing funny about it either. Should be of interest only to die hard Python fans who want to see a second rate curio made during the height of Python's tenure.

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      Originally made as an episode of the Ronnie Barker series Six Dates with Barker (1971) with Ronnie Barker as Arthur Harris and David Jason as the Odd Job Man. For this feature-length remake, Graham Chapman wanted Keith Moon of the Who to play the Odd Job Man, but Keith's recording commitments wouldn't allow him to appear.
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      [The Caretaker spots Arthur's first suicide attempt]

      Caretaker: What are you doing?

      Arthur Harris: I'm minding my own sodding business, which is more than can be said for you, you snivelling little turd!

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      Featured in The Pythons (1979)

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      • septiembre de 1978 (Reino Unido)
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      • Reino Unido
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    • Localizaciones del rodaje
      • Parliament Square, Westminster, Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido(opening scene)
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      • Charisma Films
      • Taulorda
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      • 1h 27min(87 min)
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