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A Fish Called Wanda (1988) 7.6
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Cast
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Portia
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
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Sexy American diamonds lover Wanda and her boyfriend Otto are in England to plot alongside George and Ken the robbery of a diamond collection. Wanda and Otto want the stolen diamonds for themselves, and inform the police about George not knowing that he has already moved the diamonds to another secret place. Wanda thinks the best way to find out is by getting close to George's lawyer - Archie Leach. Written by Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com>
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A New Comedy About Sex, Murder and Seafood. See more »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
15 July 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Los enredos de Wanda See more »Box Office
Budget:
$7,500,000 (estimated)Gross:
$63,493,712 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Prominent Features, Star Partners Limited Partnership See more »
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1.37 : 1
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Archie: I am Italian! Sono italiano in spirito. Ma ho sposato una donna che preferisce lavorare in giardino a fare l'amore appassionato. Uno sbaglio grande! But it's such an ugly language. How about... Russian?
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Written by Joseph Haydn and August Heinrich Hoffman von Fallersleben
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Did You Know?
Trivia
John Cleese who plays British barrister Archie Leach actually entered Cambridge University as a law student although he never became a member of the British bar. See more »Goofs
Wanda is in a car putting on red lipstick. After a cutaway and return to Wanda in close-up, she is wearing bright pink lipstick. See more »Quotes
Wanda: Archie? Do you speak Italian?Archie: I am Italian! Sono italiano in spirito. Ma ho sposato una donna che preferisce lavorare in giardino a fare l'amore appassionato. Uno sbaglio grande! But it's such an ugly language. How about... Russian?
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Crazy Credits
At the very end of the closing credits is the word FIN -- which is how French films say THE END, but in English a "fin" is a part of a fish. See more »Soundtracks
"Deutschlandlied"Written by Joseph Haydn and August Heinrich Hoffman von Fallersleben
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A Fish Called Wanda is my favourite movie of all time and always will be. John Cleese has written this masterpiece very cleverly, his best best writing piece since Fawlty Towers. Kevin Kline, who won an Oscar for his role in the film, is excellent as the looppy, arm pit sniffing Otto, and is my favourite in the film. Michael Palin is also brilliant as the stuttering Ken. John Cleese, in a role rather different to Basil Fawlty and his Monty Python characters, plays the lawyer Archie Leach fantastically. But the movie is all around Jamie Lee Curtis' Wanda, who is an American thief, after diamonds that she, Otto, Ken and George (Tom Georgeson) stole. In order to get the diamonds, Wanda has a fling with just about everybody. The movie will leave you in suspense wondering who will get the diamonds. Along the way, there are plenty of funny lines and gags, especially from Kline. A top movie. Watch A Fish Called Wanda, don't skip it. A++++