The first 45 minutes or so of lucky lady only serve to underscore my long held belief that the vast majority of films set on the open water tend to be, to borrow a phrase from the late robin williams, more boring than whale s. Things hit a snag, though, when a love triangle develops between. Lucky lady is a 1975 american comedydrama film directed by stanley donen and starring gene hackman, liza minnelli, and burt reynolds, with robby. Its an adventure story in which we cant accept most of the characters and dont care. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Distribuida por twentieth century fox film corporation. Gene hackman, burt reynolds, and liza minnelli in lucky lady 1975. A major, high profile commercial flop at the time of its release, lucky lady is not quite as bad as the critics claimed at the time but thats about the best thing that can be said of it. Liza minnelli get while the getting is good from lucky. Its a period piece, but most of the time the period is either unnecessary or unbelievable. Hustle is a 1975 american neonoir crime film directed by robert aldrich and starring burt reynolds and catherine deneuve. Gene hackman, liza minnelli, burt reynolds, geoffrey lewis, john hillerman, robby benson, michael hordern, anthony holland, john mcliam, val avery, louis guss, william bassett, janit baldwin, marjorie battles, roger cudney et joe estevez. I enjoyed watching and listening to one man, who laughed like roaring thunder all through the film. Things perk up a bit in the second act, when our trio.
Its a star vehicle, but the stars dont really get to do their stuff. The interrogator from the carol burnett show full sketch duration. Liza minnelli plays such a selfish harpy in lucky lady that its easy to see why this film won her no new admirers. So they had the two rogues perhaps a little oddly matched and figured they could even add spice by making the film about a menage a trois, make it a quasimusical with a few kander and ebb songs for liza as a prohibition cabaret girl cashing in a on those who still. A group of field trip students and a teacher discover a womans dead body at the beach. Stanley donens lucky lady is a big, expensive, goodlooking flop of a movie. The carol burnett show official recommended for you. Its story takes place in 1930 during prohibition in the united states.
Liza minnelli sings lucky lady and while the getting is good, both of which were written for this movie. Lucky lady 1975 end credit sequence designed by dan perri. Hi does anyone please have a copy of the film lucky lady made in 1975 with liza minnelli and burt reynolds. Hear classic music from lucky lady, 1975, directed by stanley donen, with gene hackman, liza minnelli, burt reynolds, at tcm. Lucky lady 1975 by lightning at tuesday, december 27, 2016 0 storyline. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. A trio of rumrunners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menageatrios after business hours. The biggest problem is the screenplay, which is unfocused and veers wildly in terms of tone at times low comedy and slapstick, at others too deadly serious and sometimes too violent, in the context of. Twelve years after this movie was made, reynolds played a cop and minnelli a callgirl, in rentacop. Discover what genre lucky lady, 1975, directed by stanley donen, with gene hackman, liza minnelli, burt reynolds, belongs at turner classic movies.
The trio must elude both the us coast guard and organised crime in their efforts to stay in business. Lucky lady is a 1975 american comedydrama film directed by stanley donen and starring gene hackman, liza minnelli, and burt reynolds, with robby benson. Staring burt reynolds, liza minnelli and gene hackman. Period comedy concerned with the professional and amorous alliance among three rum runners just before the end of prohibition. Lucky lady is a 1975 american film directed by stanley donen and starring gene hackman, liza minnelli and burt reynolds, with robby. In one of the four movies that reynolds made in 1975, hustle 1975, he played a cop starring opposite catherine deneuve, who played a callgirl. Lucky lady is a 1975 american comedydrama film directed. Kibby womack gene hackman and walker ellis burt reynolds are two best friends, riding high during prohibition as the overseers of a major underground liquor distributor. In retrospect, it was a gruelling film to make, one of the toughest. Actrices et acteurs les aventuriers du lucky lady 1975 les aventuriers du lucky lady, casting du film. Fans of 1972s cabaret were already softened to love minnelli no matter what, but here director stanley donen seems intent on making lizas character claire as brittle and abrasive as possible. When the men meet singer claire liza minnelli, who tells them she can get their product into hundreds of establishments, they go into business with her. Burt reynolds and liza minnelli star in this 1975 movie. Overview of lucky lady, 1975, directed by stanley donen, with gene hackman, liza minnelli, burt reynolds, at turner classic movies.
Lucky lady is the story of an unlikely menage a trois between two rumrunners, hackman and. Choose a file optional file must be type of jpeg png gif and size limit is 20mb. Lucky lady pg 1h 58min comedy, crime, drama 25 december 1975 usa a trio of rumrunners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menageatrois after business hours. They make their living by running booze across the mexican border. In movie movie 1978 donen and a cast that included george c. Lucky lady 1975 stanley donen, gene hackman, liza minnelli, burt reynolds, comedy, drama march 16, 2016 a trio of rumrunners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menageatrios after business hours. Gene hackman, burt reynolds, robby benson, and liza minnelli in lucky lady 1975. Lucky lady 1975 kibby womack gene hackman and walker ellis burt reynolds are two best friends, riding high during prohibition as the overseers of a major underground liquor distributor. Burt reynolds and gene hackman, onset of the film, lucky lady, 1975. In 3 sul lucky lady trama cast recensione scheda del film di stanley donen con gene hackman, liza minnelli, burt reynolds, geoffrey lewis, john. Lucky lady is a film directed by stanley donen with liza minnelli, gene hackman, burt reynolds, geoffrey lewis, year. A 1977 excerpt from the beloved syndicated series thats hollywood, narrated by the late tom bosley on which the original and considerably more grim ending for director stanely donens 1975.
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