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Director:
Michael Schultz
Writer:
Stanley Shapiro (writer)
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Release Date:
25 September 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Any resemblance between Father and Son is purely hysterical. more
Plot:
A white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a black teen-age son who can't wait to be adopted into the... more | add synopsis
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Denzel Washington Desperate To Lighten Up
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User Comments:
One of the world's most underrated comedies! more (18 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

George Segal ... Walter Whitney
Susan Saint James ... Vivian Whitney

Jack Warden ... Nelson Longhurst

Dick Martin ... Victor Bard

Denzel Washington ... Roger Porter
Paul Winfield ... Bob Garvey

Macon McCalman ... Tubby Wederholt
Vicky Dawson ... Mary Ann
Parley Baer ... Dr. Bristol
Vernon Weddle ... Wardlow
Edward Marshall ... Freddie
Ed Call ... Basketball Father
Angelina Estrada ... Bianca
Carmen Filpi ... Wino

Warren Munson ... 2nd Guard
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
Spanish | English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | UK:15 (video rating) (1987) | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:PG
Company:
First City more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Denzel Washington's first movie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Walter pulls in to park and hits the parking meter, he reverses and parks. The car is visibly outside of the parking lane lines. After the cut, he gets out of the car and the car is within the parking lane lines. more
Quotes:
Walter Whitney: I'll shovel it. I'll live in it. But I won't take it. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Lo squartatore di New York (1982) more
Soundtrack:
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
One of the world's most underrated comedies!, 8 November 2006
9/10
Author: TeeJayKay from Germany

I saw this movie in the 1980s on German TV (in English). Fortunately, I taped it, because I never saw it again -- until 2006 on the MGM cable channel (and now I recorded it on DVD!). In the meantime, I wrote a thesis that dealt, among other things, with integration and denial issues (compare it to Woody Allen's "Zelig", for example!), and I found more quotable poignant and funny lines in this movie than in any other. On top of it, it has all those minor jokes that you probably won't catch the first time around and that make a comedy great. This movie is extremely funny, well written and has great actors, who should really be proud of it. The only thing that surprises me is that with all those big names attached the movie is so frequently overlooked and almost forgotten. If you haven't seen it and get a chance to, by all means, watch it and spread the word. By the way: I won't claim I saw Denzel's potential back then, but when I look back at this movie now, in hindsight, you can detect an Oscar winner in the making. Why didn't I give ten points? Well, I have to admit that the movie tapers off a bit at the end. If it had started more slowly, it would be OK, but the first half is just one funny line after another, and it just doesn't keep up its pace. And maybe the end is too unrealistic -- but then again, what do you expect from comedy? For me, it still works because it has a lot to say, and it does so in a brilliant way.

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