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Rendez-vous chez Max's

Original title: Inside Moves
  • 1980
  • PG
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
2.5K
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Rendez-vous chez Max's (1980)
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Handicapped after an unsuccessful suicide attempt, a man finds common ground in the troubled souls at a local dive bar.Handicapped after an unsuccessful suicide attempt, a man finds common ground in the troubled souls at a local dive bar.Handicapped after an unsuccessful suicide attempt, a man finds common ground in the troubled souls at a local dive bar.

  • Director
    • Richard Donner
  • Writers
    • Todd Walton
    • Valerie Curtin
    • Barry Levinson
  • Stars
    • John Savage
    • David Morse
    • Diana Scarwid
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    2.5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard Donner
    • Writers
      • Todd Walton
      • Valerie Curtin
      • Barry Levinson
    • Stars
      • John Savage
      • David Morse
      • Diana Scarwid
    • 49User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 2 nominations total

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    John Savage
    John Savage
    • Roary
    David Morse
    David Morse
    • Jerry Maxwell
    Diana Scarwid
    Diana Scarwid
    • Louise
    Amy Wright
    Amy Wright
    • Anne
    Tony Burton
    Tony Burton
    • Lucius
    Bill Henderson
    Bill Henderson
    • Blue Lewis
    Steve Kahan
    Steve Kahan
    • Burt
    Jack O'Leary
    • Max
    Bert Remsen
    Bert Remsen
    • Stinky
    Harold Russell
    Harold Russell
    • Wings
    Pepe Serna
    Pepe Serna
    • Herrada
    Harold Sylvester
    Harold Sylvester
    • Alvin Martin
    Arnold Williams
    Arnold Williams
    • Benny
    George Brenlin
    George Brenlin
    • Gil
    Gerri Dean
    • Hooker
    Greg Wayne Elam
    • Lucius' Man
    • (as Greg W. Elam)
    Margaret Fairchild
    • Claire
    William Frankfather
    William Frankfather
    • Fryer
    • Director
      • Richard Donner
    • Writers
      • Todd Walton
      • Valerie Curtin
      • Barry Levinson
    • All cast & crew
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    tammas2000

    Surprisingly Uplifting Movie

    Detailing the plot of this film would lead the unsuspecting to assume they were in for an hour and a half of depression - but quite the opposite. The acting was spot on, the script razor sharp, and the storyline genuinely different and inspiring. I've not seen a copy on video or dvd for years, and for some reason it's never been on terrestrial tv in the UK, and I have to admit I'm baffled as to why. In the genre, it's quite simply one of the best films ever made.
    ed-140

    A movie that once you hit while surfing, you just can't leave

    I have a very subjective method of measuring some of my all time favorite movies. If I'm surfing the remote and "hit" the movie that I just can leave, then that's it. I did this last night and when I hit "Inside Moves". This is a extremely comfortable and beautifully paced film . The scenes in Max's are so warm and intimate you feel if your in the corner of the bar observing the intimate relationships and comaraderie of the supposedly "special " people that live there. Yes, they are special..they're only aspirations are enjoying each other's company and accepting each other and their metamorphical handicaps. The scene where Louise admits she is frightened by a potential romantic realtionship with Rory is honest and heartbreaking. After checking the credits on Inside Moves I was surprised and then nodding in agreement, why it's a classic. Written by Barry Levinson...enough said..
    jess-12

    Movie About Acceptance

    I happened upon this movie at the video store and had to rent it because it'd been years since I first saw this movie in the early 80's. This was the movie that introduced me to my now all time favorite actor, John Savage. I truly loved him in this movie as Roary, a man who attempts suicide and ends up a cripple. His handicap leads him to meet some amazing people he might never have had if he wasn't. Through them, he learns about true friendship, love and acceptance for who you are. The ending also tugs at you when Roary explains why he tried to kill himself. A person could really relate to his reasoning why and you can feel the emptiness he must have felt. If you are a John Savage fan and haven't seen this one yet, I highly suggest it, if you can still find it in the video stores.
    masterfundi

    High on my list of top 10 movies of all time.

    John Savage provides us with another look at his exceptional talent with perhaps his finest performance since The Deerhunter, with a supporting cast including Oscar-nominated Diana Scarwid and another of my favorites, David Morse. A truly feel-good movie, directed by Richard Donner, that explores the depths of human emotion while depicting the sometimes comedic, sometimes heartwrenching stories of characters who are all crippled, either physically, mentally, or morally. It is a great mystery to me why this movie has not been made available on DVD, and if I knew how to achieve its release, I would be relentless in my pursuit of that goal!
    petercapozzoli

    John Savage is Big! BIG!!! Bigger than most...

    This is one of my favorites. Read the other comments because they accurately reflect what is great about this movie. With the jarring beginning and all the ugly snapshots of inner city life, this movie makes me want to go back to this believable place that has been created. It makes you believe there is really a place called Max's... a place with diversity and all the complexities of humankind... and that there is hope for mankind! Some of my favorite lines that I repeat constantly (probably wrong): "He'll come back. He just wants to spend some time with his dream." "You've got it backwards. First you get crippled, then you try to commit suicide". Of course... "I'm big, BIG, bigger than you...but that's not hard to be Jerry ... that's not hard to be!" (BTW, does anyone know what Roary (that's how Rory spells it) says after that?... it sounds like "Oh, my hiney" Let me know. My wife and I have played it back 100 times. John Savage has many great lines throughout this. I could never figure out why he didn't win an award. Finally,I think the often-called hokey/corny ending is necessary to bring us back from a hard smack on a Buick. "Hey Roary!"

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    • Trivia
      First role in a theatrical feature film of actor Harold Russell since his dual Oscar (Academy Award) winning performance in Les Plus Belles Années de notre vie (1946). The interval between the two pictures was about thirty-four years.
    • Quotes

      Blue Lewis: [reading a story] Her huge melons glistened in the moonlight, she smiled, taunting him- then slowly, ever so slowly she began to undo... underher...

      Stinky: Undulate?

      Blue Lewis: Undulate...

      Stinky: Undulate what? Her hips?

      Blue Lewis: Yes, yes, her hips.

      Stinky: Go ahead! Go ahead!

      Blue Lewis: As her breasts moved towards him bubbling in the night air, he couldn't help but notice how she had grown from that small child from whom he had once babysat.

      [shakes his head]

      Blue Lewis: He reached out...

      Stinky: Go ahead! Go ahead!

      Blue Lewis: [swallowing] ... and gently touched her large brown, ore... OH!... A-U-R-E-O-L-E-S.

      Stinky: Aureoles? Oh, you're killin' the story! Her large brown aureoles?

      Blue Lewis: Uh what? He touched her cookies?

    • Alternate versions
      Director Richard Donner concurrently filmed a less violent, family-friendly version of this movie for television according to an article published in the 10th March 1980 edition of show-business trade-paper 'The Hollywood Reporter'.
    • Connections
      Featured in From the Inside Out: Moving from Manuscript to Motion Picture (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Put Your Dreams Away
      Performed by Frank Sinatra

      Words and Music by Ruth Lowe (as R. Lowe), Paul Mann (as P. Mann), Stefan Weiß (as S Weiss)

      courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

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    • Release date
      • September 9, 1981 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • HBOMAX
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Inside Moves
    • Filming locations
      • 1509 Echo Park Ave, Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA(As the building where 'Max's bar' is located. The two-story locale was actually a set construction built in/on a garage. Building is still intact.)
    • Production company
      • Goodmark Productions Inc.
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 53m(113 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85:1

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