Seems Like Old Times (1980)

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 | District Attorney | Courtroom

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Goldie Hawn	...	Glenda
Chevy Chase	...	Nick
Charles Grodin	...	Ira
Robert Guillaume	...	Fred
Harold Gould	...	Judge
George Grizzard	...	Governor
Yvonne Wilder	...	Aurora
T.K. Carter	...	Chester
Judd Omen	...	Dex
Marc Alaimo	...	B.G.
Bill Zuckert	...	Gas Station Attendant
Jerry Houser	...	Gas Station Attendant
David Haskell	...	Policeman
Chris Lemmon	...	Policeman
Ed Griffith	...	Policeman

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:

Continuity: When Ira hands Glenda the printed photo of Nick from the bank camera, it is rumpled and has fold marks from being folded twice. In the very next scene, she's holding the same photo, but it's an unfolded, completely smooth copy.

Quotes:

Glenda Gardenia Parks: Chester. You just went through a stop sign.
Chester: I can't help it. I don't like to read when I drive.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Chevy Chase/Queen (#8.1)" (1982)

"I'm sorry...I have a headache throughout my entire body."

Some very funny lines in this cute but wobbly Neil Simon screwball comedy that reunites "Foul Play" stars Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase as ex-marrieds thrown together again after he is forced to rob a bank and seeks refuge with Hawn, who has a new husband. The film is overrun with noise: barking dogs, disco music, and broad characters such as a howling maid and an inept valet. One scene (with Chevy hiding underneath a bed and Charles Grodin stepping on his finger) had the movie audience rolling in the aisles, but that sequence looks pretty desperate when seen on TV (it's just the sort of stunt a situation comedy would use, but there's no laugh-track here). Goldie is pretty and sweet and gets some good lines. She's softer here and less politicized than in "Private Benjamin" (which beat this into theaters by about two months). Chevy continually loses character and drifts, but Grodin is funny, frustrated but not irritating, and the supporting players are colorful, despite all the bickering. **1/2 from ****