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

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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:

Paul McCartney wrote and recorded an ultimately unused song as the title track for this movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the party, Glenda takes the left-over chicken from the 'fridge, intending it for Nick. Aurora complains that she was going to take that home for her dinner. The police, mistaking it to be for them, take it from her in the garden. After the party, Nick is in the kitchen eating the left-over chicken.

Quotes:

Fred: What should I do Ira?
Stanley: What should he do about what.
Glenda Gardenia Parks: The chicken, Fred is a vegetarian and doesn't know if he should eat it.
Dist. Atty. Ira J. Parks: Eat the chicken Fred.

Movie Connections:

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

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.