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Director:
Roger Donaldson
Writer (WGA):
Ken Friedman (written by)
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Release Date:
18 May 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
Tagline:
Legend. Lover. Salesman. A way with words. A way with women. And way over his head. more
Plot:
Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would... more | add synopsis
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This Cadillac Turned Into An Edsel more (14 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robin Williams ... Joey O'Brien

Tim Robbins ... Larry
Pamela Reed ... Tina

Fran Drescher ... Joy Munchack
Zack Norman ... Harry Munchack

Lori Petty ... Lila

Annabella Sciorra ... Donna
Paul Guilfoyle ... Little Jack Turgeon
Bill Nelson ... Big Jack Turgeon
Eddie Jones ... Benny
Mimi Cecchini ... Ma
Tristine Skyler ... Lisa

Judith Hoag ... Molly

Lauren Tom ... Helen the Dim Sum Girl
Anthony Powers ... Captain Mason
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Additional Details

Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

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Trivia:
Cameo: [Elaine Stritch]widow. more
Quotes:
[Joe is trading insults with a photographer]
Joey: You know what you are - you're an ass-half... Takes two of you to make an ass-whole.
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Movie Connections:
References Mandingo (1975) more
Soundtrack:
PURPLE BAMBOO MELODY more

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6 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
This Cadillac Turned Into An Edsel, 13 August 2007
2/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Here's yet another movie with dysfunctional lead characters who are totally amoral and, yet, we're supposed to root for them? Not me. No character in this film was worth a damn.

Robin Williams plays car salesman "Joey O'Brien." The man has no class, a loser in every moral sense and a guy who thinks he can talk his way out of anything. Knowing Williams' ability to talk, he was good for this role. The women in his life are driving him loony, too. Some of them aren't much better than him.

Tim Robbins plays a similar low-life who starts the take over the film when he, fully loaded with explosives, crashes into a car dealership showroom and holds people, including his wife, hostage. Robbins, as in normal for him, plays a disturbed and ridiculous character. I guess these nut-case roles come easily to these two actors. Gee, I wonder why.

There is so much yelling and screaming in this the movie that it will give you a headache. Combine those two screamers with the nasal voice of Fran Drescher and you really have an annoying over-the-top cast. This is like listening to chalk on a blackboard for an hour-and- a-half. This is comedy? No, this is lame.

In fact, for a Robin Williams film to only have a dozen reviews posted here tells you something. It's a far cry from his best movie.

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