Seems Like Old Times (1980)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Jay Sandrich

Writer:

Neil Simon (written by)

Release Date:

19 December 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

alone - at last . . . [UK]

Plot:

Wrongfully turned into a fugitive, a writer seeks the help of his ex-wife, who is now married to an attorney.

Plot Keywords:

Fugitive | Prosecutor | Screwball | Bank Robbery | Dog

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Goldie Hawn	...	Glenda Gardenia Parks
Chevy Chase	...	Nick Gardenia
Charles Grodin	...	Ira Parks
Robert Guillaume	...	Fred
Harold Gould	...	Judge John Channing
George Grizzard	...	Stanley
Yvonne Wilder	...	Aurora De La Hoya
T.K. Carter	...	Chester
Judd Omen	...	Warren 'Dex' Dexter
Marc Alaimo	...	B.G. Ramone
Bill Zuckert	...	Gas station attendant #2
Jerry Houser	...	Gas station attendant #1
David Haskell	...	Policeman #2
Chris Lemmon	...	Officer Jenson
Ed Griffith	...	Policeman #1

Also Known As:

Neil Simon's Seems Like Old Times (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | Sweden:11 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Norway:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

As Nick walks away from Glenda after kissing her in front of the courthouse near the end of the film, he whistles the theme to the John Wayne classic The High and the Mighty (1954).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Large movie light reflected in rear-seat car window, when Chester pulls the station wagon out of the garage.

Quotes:

Dist. Atty. Ira J. Parks: Your Honor, this is the kind of testimony that looks silly on the surface.
Judge John Channing: On the surface, in the middle, and on the bottom.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Murphy Brown: Seems Like Gold Times (#10.17)" (1998)

They don't make comedies like they used to.

The late seventies/early eighties may have left us the legacy of disco, and polyester, but it also was a time of some great comedic films, and comedic writers and actors.

I remember seeing movies such as Foul Play, Seems Like Old Times, The Goodbye Girl, Airplane, Arthur, The Main Event, Love at First Bite, The Jerk, etc. as a kid. Then they were funny to me, but now that I get older, they seem even funnier. Maybe it's the nostalgia, in a day and age of 'dark comedy', to be again in an era that was more laid-back and lighthearted. These movies are just good plain fun.

As far as Chevy Chase, and Goldie Hawn are concerned, especially in Foul Play...I would have describe them as cute, (especially together), great fun, fun to watch, great talents, and in this movie pure genius. I would love to see some of the seventies/ eighties comedy icons get together to make one last movie together. With a good script, it would be like It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World would be to the great classic comedians of early film.