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Writer:
Stanley Shapiro (writer)
Release Date:
25 September 1981 (USA)
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Any resemblance between Father and Son is purely hysterical. more
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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...
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One of the world's most underrated comedies!
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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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Runtime:
92 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:14A (Ontario) |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-12 |
UK:15 (video rating) (1987) |
UK:AA (original rating) |
USA:PG
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Denzel Washington's first movie.
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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.
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Quotes:
Walter Whitney:
I'll shovel it. I'll live in it. But I won't take it.
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Referenced in Lo squartatore di New York (1982)
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Soundtrack:
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
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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.