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25 December 1981 (USA)
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A broken-hearted man + amazing moving powers = Out-of-control fun. more
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Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge. full summary | add synopsis
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A laugh an hour
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Chevy Chase | ... | Max Fielder |
 | Patti D'Arbanville | ... | Darcy |
 | Dabney Coleman | ... | Mark Winslow |
 | Mary Kay Place | ... | Lorraine |
 | Nell Carter | ... | Dorita |
 | Brian Doyle-Murray | ... | Brian Stills |
| Mitch Kreindel | ... | Barry |
| Arthur Sellers | ... | Mobile Supervisor |
 | Sandy Helberg | ... | Pete |
| Neil Thompson | ... | Controller #1 |
 | Carl Irwin | ... | Controller #2 |
| Ronald E. House | ... | Vender (as Ron House) |
| Buzzy Linhart | ... | The Tile Man |
| Henry Corden | ... | Dubrovnik |
| Christine Nazareth | ... | Redhead |
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89 min | 93 min (FMC Library Print)
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Contains Dabney Coleman's only on-screen nude scene.
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Continuity: When Chevy Chase is following the Toxic Waste truck, he is being sprayed and his car is covered with green foam. When he passes the truck on the right his car has nothing on it, on the next shot it is covered with the foam again.
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References The Desert Rats (1953)
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Gonna Get It Next Time
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Putting this film under the 'Comedy' genre is being extremely generous. One of a handful of videos I've hit the rewind and eject buttons on before it even got to half-way. Avoid like the plague.