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Zwei wie Katz und Maus

Original title: Continental Divide
  • 1981
  • 12
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
5.6K
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John Belushi and Blair Brown in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.
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A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.

  • Director
    • Michael Apted
  • Writer
    • Lawrence Kasdan
  • Stars
    • John Belushi
    • Blair Brown
    • Allen Garfield
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    5.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Michael Apted
    • Writer
      • Lawrence Kasdan
    • Stars
      • John Belushi
      • Blair Brown
      • Allen Garfield
    • 33User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Trailer 2:52
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    John Belushi in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
    John Belushi in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
    John Belushi in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
    John Belushi in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
    John Belushi in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
    John Belushi in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
    Michael Apted in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
    John Belushi in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
    Michael Apted in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
    John Belushi in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
    John Belushi and Blair Brown in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)
    John Belushi and Blair Brown in Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981)

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    John Belushi
    John Belushi
    • Ernie Souchak
    Blair Brown
    Blair Brown
    • Nell Porter
    Allen Garfield
    Allen Garfield
    • Howard McDermott
    • (as Allen Goorwitz)
    Carlin Glynn
    Carlin Glynn
    • Sylvia
    Tony Ganios
    Tony Ganios
    • Max Bernbaum
    Val Avery
    Val Avery
    • Yablonowitz
    Liam Russell
    • Deke Lewis
    Everett Smith
    • Fiddle
    Bill Henderson
    Bill Henderson
    • Train Conductor
    Bruce Jarchow
    Bruce Jarchow
    • Hellinger
    Eddie Schwartz
    • Jimmy
    Harold Holmes
    • Mr. Feeney
    Elizabeth Young
    • Mrs. Feeney
    Ron Dean
    Ron Dean
    • Plesko
    Frankie Hill
    Frankie Hill
    • Agatha
    Mike Bacarella
    Mike Bacarella
    • Delaney
    • (as Michael Bacarella)
    Marji Bank
    • Mrs. Yablonowitz
    Christopher Lowell
    • Poacher
    • Director
      • Michael Apted
    • Writer
      • Lawrence Kasdan
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      According to Dan Aykroyd, most of the production crew on Die verrückten Nachbarn (1981) was on cocaine throughout filming, with the inevitable result that John Belushi was sucked back into an addiction he had been trying to quit. Belushi had been completely clean and sober during the making of Zwei wie Katz und Maus (1981) which he shot just before Die verrückten Nachbarn (1981).
    • Goofs
      When Souchak rides the Empire Builder back to Wyoming with Nell, the train takes a route the Empire Builder never takes. In the movie, the train goes through Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and then on to Victor, Wyoming, where they get off. The real Empire Builder goes north from Chicago to Milwaukee and then Minneapolis before heading northwest and crossing North Dakota, Montana and Idaho near the Canadian border. It goes nowhere near Iowa or Wyoming.
    • Quotes

      Ernie Souchak: It's so quiet up here, you could hear a mouse get a hard on.

    • Crazy credits
      At the end of the credits, after some mountain shots, there's a sequence of a selection of some of the black-and-white photos of Ernie and/or Nell that Souchak had on his desk.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Continental Divide, Mommie Dearest, Only When I Laugh, Body Heat, First Monday in October (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme from Continental Divide (Never Say Goodbye)
      Music by Michael Small

      Lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager

      Performed by Helen Reddy

      Available on MCA Records

      Record Produced by Joel Diamond

    User reviews33

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    Fantastic Movie
    This movie is the REASON I moved to Washington State, even though it was filmed in Montana. When Nell showed Ernie "church" and the panorama of the mountains was shown, I literally had tears running down my cheeks. I was in an Atlanta movie theater. It is then that I made up my mind to come west. I've never looked back. It is all due to this movie. It is, without a doubt, my favorite movie of all time. I just wish Mr. Belushi were still with us. At least Blair is. I'd like to see much more of her in movies. Blair Brown is VERY, VERY underrated. She was wonderful in this film and the film itself should have gotten way more recognition. Just look at the difficulties the cameramen must have encountered for those climbing and coming down the mountain in the snow shots.

    One person wrote that a bear entered the cabin. It was NOT a bear, but rather a mountain lion. The only bears in the movie were encountered when Ernie Souchak was climbing up the mountain with the guide, going to Nell's place. See--I do know it by heart.

    Hats off to Continental Divide!!!
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    • LGamble
    • Jul 17, 2002

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 1981 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Continental Divide
    • Filming locations
      • Cedar Falls, Washington, USA(train stop)
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Amblin Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $9,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,578,237
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,218,347
      • Sep 20, 1981
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,578,237
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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