L'Ambulance

Original title: The Ambulance

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6.0/10

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A comic-book artist meets a woman on the NYC streets, but after a quick flirtation, she suddenly collapses and is picked up by an old ambulance. He checks all the hospitals in the area, but ... Read allA comic-book artist meets a woman on the NYC streets, but after a quick flirtation, she suddenly collapses and is picked up by an old ambulance. He checks all the hospitals in the area, but the woman has disappeared.A comic-book artist meets a woman on the NYC streets, but after a quick flirtation, she suddenly collapses and is picked up by an old ambulance. He checks all the hospitals in the area, but the woman has disappeared.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

4.7K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

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The Ambulance

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Trivia
At the time the film was made Stan Lee was desperately trying to get some of his Marvel characters made into movies. He was not having any luck at all. It was very frustrating for him. He had this deal with a producer to do a movie of Doctor Strange and Larry Cohen was hired to write the script. He wrote the script for the movie, which never got made, but in the process he became friends with Stan Lee. They started socializing and going out for dinner and going to each other's homes. Sometimes we would go out with Bob Kane, the creator of Batman. He had a great time with these guys. When Cohen made this film he said to Stan: "I think I'm going to make this character a cartoonist who works for Marvel. I asked him to play himself. He was really anxious to do it. It was the only time Stan has had some real scenes to play in a movie and some real dialogue. In the Marvel pictures he's mostly a walk-on or an extra. With me he had a real character to play, even if it was the part of Stan Lee. We maintained our friendship over the years."

Goofs
All entries contain spoilers

Quotes
Josh Baker: [opening line] This is the story of what can happen to a guy, for talking to a strange woman on the street.

Connections
Featured in Obscurus Lupa Presents: The Ambulance (2015)

Soundtracks
Perpetual Emotion
Written by Gary McLaughlin & Ophie Shur (as Ophir Shur)
Performed by Wendy Smith
Produced by Gary McLaughlin

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Featured review

6/10

The Ambulance: Great concept........marginally competent

Starring Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones and Meghan Gallagher this early 90's thriller actually succeeds in entertaining.

It tells the story of a man who finally makes a move on the woman of his dreams only to witness her collapse and get taken away by an ambulance (I too have that effect on women). When he tries to visit her however he learns she was never brought in and may be one of a number of missing persons connected to this old ambulance.

I like the idea, though I've seen things with a similiar concept before the addition of the ambulance really made it interesting.

Roberts though a hokey actor manages to deliver here as does the rest of the stellar cast.

Though I love the concept I don't think it was utilized well and I'd love to see this remade. Regardless however the competence of the cast, the concept and an odd amount of comedy make for a passable film.

Kudos to Stan Lee being cast as Stan Lee.

The Good:

Cast are on point

Stan Lee!

Excellent idea

The Bad:

Not followed through with all that well

Ending is a bit underwhelming

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I simply cannot take a lead male seriously with a mullet...........except Joe Dirt