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Stars and Bars

  • 19881988
  • RR
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
933
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Daniel Day-Lewis in Stars and Bars (1988)
Comedy
A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process.A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process.A British art expert travels across America in order to purchase a rare Renoir painting in the South but comes across some crazy characters in the process.
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
933
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
23,447
1,268
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    • Director
      • Pat O'Connor
    • Writer
      • William Boyd(novel)
    • Stars
      • Daniel Day-Lewis
      • Harry Dean Stanton
      • Kent Broadhurst
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Pat O'Connor
    • Writer
      • William Boyd(novel)
    • Stars
      • Daniel Day-Lewis
      • Harry Dean Stanton
      • Kent Broadhurst
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    • 15User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Daniel Day-Lewis
    Daniel Day-Lewis
    • Henderson Dores
    • (as Daniel Day Lewis)
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Harry Dean Stanton
    • Loomis Gage
    Kent Broadhurst
    Kent Broadhurst
    • Ben Sereno
    Maury Chaykin
    Maury Chaykin
    • Freeborn Gage
    Matthew Cowles
    Matthew Cowles
    • Beckman Gage
    Joan Cusack
    Joan Cusack
    • Irene Stein
    Keith David
    Keith David
    • Eugene Teagarden
    Spalding Gray
    Spalding Gray
    • Reverend T.J. Cardew
    Glenne Headly
    Glenne Headly
    • Cora Gage
    Laurie Metcalf
    Laurie Metcalf
    • Melissa
    Bill Moor
    • Edgar Beeby
    Deirdre O'Connell
    Deirdre O'Connell
    • Shanda Gage
    Will Patton
    Will Patton
    • Duane Gage
    Martha Plimpton
    Martha Plimpton
    • Bryant
    Rockets Redglare
    Rockets Redglare
    • Peter Gint
    Celia Weston
    Celia Weston
    • Monika Cardew
    Beatrice Winde
    • Alma-May
    Steven Wright
    Steven Wright
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    • Director
      • Pat O'Connor
    • Writer
      • William Boyd(novel) (screenplay)
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      A rejected score was composed by Elmer Bernstein
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    User reviews15

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    Top review
    4/10
    comic misfire has its moments
    It may be a far cry from classic screwball comedy, but even during its many forgettable moments this fish-out-of-water farce isn't a total write-off. Certainly there's nothing in it to justify the cold-blooded lack of confidence that killed it at the Box Office: the throwaway release it received is usually reserved for lame dogs someone wants put out of misery, and in this case it worked.

    At least the film never pretends to be anything more than what it is: a self-consciously wacky social comedy with an outsider's exaggerated, broad-as-a-barn-door view of American manners, starring Daniel Day Lewis as a dapper English art appraiser who runs into an oddball collection of cartoon Confederate rebels while investigating a lost Renoir in backwoods Georgia. All the film needs is a laugh-track to become a respectable TV sitcom (a degenerate Beverly Hillbillies?), but director Pat O'Connor doesn't show much aptitude for low comedy, and the laughs collapse into a feeble slapstick conclusion, leaving the door wide open for a sequel which will never be made.
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    • Release date
      • March 18, 1988 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stars & Bars
    • Filming locations
      • Helen, Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Stars and Bars Limited
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    • Budget
      • $7,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo

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