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26 March 1993 (USA) morePlot:
A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Propensity for trying... moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Melanie Griffith | ... | Billie Dawn | |
| John Goodman | ... | Harry Brock | |
| Don Johnson | ... | Paul Verrall | |
| Edward Herrmann | ... | Ed Devery | |
| Max Perlich | ... | JJ | |
| Michael Ensign | ... | Phillipe | |
| Benjamin C. Bradlee | ... | Alex Duffee, Sect. of the Navy | |
| Sally Quinn | ... | Beatrice Duffee | |
| William Frankfather | ... | Sen. Kelley | |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | ... | Sen. Hedges | |
| Celeste Yarnall | ... | Mrs. Hedges | |
| Nora Dunn | ... | Cynthia Schreiber, NPR Talk Show Host | |
| Meg Wittner | ... | Mrs. Kelley | |
| William Forward | ... | Sen. Duker | |
| Mary Gordon Murray | ... | Bindy Duker |
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South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | Iceland:LFun Stuff
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The Secretary of the Navy and his wife are played by retired Washington Post editor Benjamin C. Bradlee and his real-life wife, former Post reporter Sally Quinn. moreGoofs:
Continuity: After playing Gin Rummy, she says that'll be $225.10. When he counts the money out of his pocket, he only counts out 3 bills. No combination of 3 bills could possibly equal $225. He does take the 10 cents out after that. moreQuotes:
Billie: But I've been thinking a lot lately about something my dad used to say: "Without knowledge, you're less than everybody." And I don't want to be less. I mean, I don't want to be better than anybody neither and I don't want to go above myself. I just want- I want to not be less.Paul: Well, I'm afraid it's too late for that... cause you're already more than most people.
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If at first you take and forget that this is a remake, it will help for those who remember the original actors and such to get through this. On the other hand, as this is a current movie, (at that time) and sometimes updating a story can be entertaining, fun and necessary. Some stories don't seem to age well, now I'm not at all talking about this movie in that context. But with all said and done, after the movie ended, I had a good time. I really enjoyed it, so did many others, when "Born Yesterday" played in theaters . Don Johnson, as Paul, the reporter was good, no tough-talking bad boy role here. Then there was, the third character, John Goodman. Here is a comedic big-man! He has and brings a whole different ingredient to this story. If it had been another big man, it would have been all together not the same. Now Melanie Griffith, I have always had a 'soft' spot for in my heart for her, in a friendly way. She came in behind Judy Holiday and took on the role of a modern day 'simpleton' wife, who had her routine and therefore was happy as a pig in mud. It won't win any awards, but if you just look at that body of work and give it an honest chance, it comes through, delivering good laughs.
The chemistry and interest among Johnson and Griffith was sustaining and entertaining which if it's lacking, will ruin just about anything that the main story could offer a viewer. Born Yesterday, has a propensity for trying. Sometimes 'trying' is too much and doesn't work and sometimes the movie makers hit a hard-and really good remake and make a new stake in the film remake game. At any rate, this was an enjoyable film that I would recommend to a comedy fan. With John Goodman playing it out and out funny and the bad-guy too, you can't miss. It's tough to beat William Holden, in a dirty-day mature adult affair type story, so this doesn't have the feeling to it that the original has. Even so they are two different films that can be enjoyed. The supporting cast was a nice choice as well as the main personalities. (**)