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 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:

The residence used in the movie is located at 242 S Avondale Ave in Brentwood, CA. The intersection where Chester runs the stop sign is at the intersection of Evanston and Avondale. There is no Lotus Drive in Brentwood, as mentioned by District Attorney Parks in a courtroom scene.

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:

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)

"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 ****