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Stephan Elliott (writer)
Release Date:
17 September 1993 (USA)
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He's No Ordinary Insurance Man -- You Can Bet Your Life On It! more
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Story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping interferes in and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games and gimmicks...
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A refreshing, oddball little film! Phil Collins in a fine film role!
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Phil Collins | ... | Roland Copping | |
| Hugo Weaving | ... | Jonathan Wheats | |
| Josephine Byrnes | ... | Beth Wheats | |
| Mitchell McMahon | ... | Young Roland Copping | |
| Andrew McMahon | ... | Young Matthew | |
| Rebel Penfold-Russell | ... | Mother (as Rebel Russell) | |
| Peter Mochrie | ... | Michael Allen | |
| Helen O'Connor | ... | Margaret | |
| Colleen Clifford | ... | Mrs. Waterson | |
| Vincent Ball | ... | Judge | |
| Gandhi MacIntyre | ... | Cartel Valuer | |
| Christina Ormani | ... | Telephone Girl | |
| Nicholas Hammond | ... | Detective Simms | |
| Kee Chan | ... | Detective Alan | |
| Ian Cockburn | ... | Matthew |
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Referenced in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
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Tijuana Taxi
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Coming across this late at night on ITV1 was quite a find really. I had heard of it, and the idea of Phil Collins as a demented villain did appeal. I really liked the oddball quality of it all, with Collins wonderful as a jovial, buffoonish grinner, treading the line between menace and absurdity in portraying one Roland Copping, who one might call a tad eccentric. The lunacy and non-sequiturs build up very effectively in the middle of the film; perhaps the tone might have been made a little more dark, or perhaps less light, presumably with different, less jaunty music.
Maybe it tails off slightly, but the ending somehow seems to me a gem. The absurdism isn't compromised by a happy ending, it is strengthened by a subtle, fitting conclusion.
I wouldn't say this was a perfect film, but it is damn enjoyable, far from the mainstream and never bland. The sets, by the way, for Copping's house, are fab; just thought I had to add that!
Rating:- *** 1/2/*****