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Director:
David Leland
Writer (WGA):
Joe Eszterhas (written by)
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Release Date:
21 April 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
Nine out of ten doctors say Ray is perfectly healthy. But what do they know? more
Plot:
Ray is a man obsessed with his own mortality. When Ray's best friend dies of a heart attack, Ray is... more | add synopsis
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One of my most favorite movies more (6 total)

Cast

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Jeff Daniels ... Ray Macklin
Melanie Mayron ... Jenny Macklin
Michael Tucker ... Harry Lardner

Kathleen York ... Diana

Ann Magnuson ... Connie Hagen

Allan Havey ... Pat Hagen
Jo Harvey Allen ... Barbara
Ian Wolfe ... Mr. D'Amato
Billy Beck ... Father Carmody
Trudy Dochterman ... Val
John Durbin ... Spencer Gillinger
Adelle Lutz ... Dr. Helmsley
Felton Perry ... Dr. Duffin

Allan Rich ... Dr. Haskell
Danton Stone ... Dr. Wolfe
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | UK:15 | USA:R
Company:
HandMade Films more

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One of my most favorite movies, 8 August 2007
9/10
Author: lefko-2 from United States

There are many many scenes in this movie that are just hilarious. The characters are just great. From this movie I became an Alex Havey fan, as well as the guy who sells him the medical equipment. Whenever I see him in a movie now I always think back to the great scene in this movie when father and son are bonding over hypochondria.

My favorite scene is right in the beginning when Melonie Mayron says "We won't do it again," to the security guards after they set off their house alarm. The movie is over the top, but it just keeps coming, The funny thing about the no punchlines comment mentioned above is that the whole movie the Jeff Daniels character is trying to find out the punchline of the joke his friend the Alex Havey character was telling when he dies. The movie is riddled with stupid punchlines.

You also may want to know that the backers of this movie include David Byrne and George Harrison.

I have to say that this is the first time I reviewed a movie here. This is the one that made me want to do it.

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