A Fine Mess

19861986
PGPG
1h 30min

A Fine Mess (1986)

Action Comedy Crime

An actor and a chef fathom a plot to fix a horse race and attempt at capitalizing it, while striving to tackle two of the hitmen responsible for the scheme.An actor and a chef fathom a plot to fix a horse race and attempt at capitalizing it, while striving to tackle two of the hitmen responsible for the scheme.An actor and a chef fathom a plot to fix a horse race and attempt at capitalizing it, while striving to tackle two of the hitmen responsible for the scheme.

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A Fine Mess (1986)

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A Fine Mess (1986)

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Two friends, an actor and a chef, discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it. But they must also deal with the two men who fixed the race, who are trying to silence them. Then there's the mob boss the two guys work for, who planned the fix, and whose wife is having an affair with the actor. —<rcs0411@yahoo.com>

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Trivia
Location manager Ron [Ronald M. Quigley] scoured Los Angeles for the right kind of drive-in, only to find that nowhere in the megalopolis was one to be found. The solution was to locate a suitable parking lot and build the eatery to the specifications of the script. On a Brentwood corner lot, production designer Rodger Maus and his art and construction departments built a working drive-in dressed both inside and out with neon and jukeboxes, counter and kitchen. As soon as the building took shape, the local office personnel and residential neighbors began dropping by asking when it would open. They were very disappointed to learn that it wouldn't.

Goofs
When the thugs chase Spence and Dennis away from the racetrack in their car, they wind up crashing into a vending table full of stuffed toys with the collision seen in an interior shot. In the exterior shot that follows, the camera can be seen in the car's back seat.

Quotes
Dennis Powell: We're gonna die, Spence! We're gonna die!
Spence Holden: No we're not...
Dennis Powell: I still have orders!

Connections
Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Howie Mandel/Mimi Kennedy/Calvin Trillin (1984)

Soundtracks
A Fine Mess
Written by Henry Mancini and Dennis Lambert
Produced by Peter Bunetta and Rick Chudacoff for Ripe Productions
Performed by The Temptations

Top review

5/10

Originally Intended for Burt Reynolds and Richard Pryor

When Blake Edwards initially was putting this film together it was originally intended to star Burt Reynolds and Richard Pryor. Unfortunately due to Pryor's near fatal burning the film had to be recast. The Films original Title was 'The Music Box' taken from the Laurel & Hardy short film of the same title. Was made as a homage to classic comedies . Did not fair well at the box office. ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************ ************************************************************

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Release date
- August 8, 1986 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official site
- Sony Movie Channel (United States)
Language
- English
Also known as
- Blake Edwards' A Fine Mess
Filming locations
- Laird International Studio - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $6,029,824
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,620,657
- Aug 10, 1986
Gross worldwide
- $6,029,824

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Runtime
- 1h 30min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Stereo
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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