A FISH CALLED WANDA

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  • . Her delivery of the requisite quips is awful, and her signature line ("Don't call me babe!") reminds one more of Kevin Kline's A Fish Called Wanda refrain ("Don't call me stupid!") than anything Clint or Arnold might ever have uttered



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    | A Fish Called Wanda A Fish Called Wanda - 1988 | 106mins | Comedy | Colour The Production Team Director:
  • . The Cast - Archibald 'Archie' Leech Jamie Lee - Curtis Wanda Kevin Kline - Otto West Michael Palin - Ken Maria Aitken - Wendy Tom Georgeson - George Patricia Hayes - Mrs
  • . A Fish Called Wanda was a true British film blockbuster, feted as the greatest comedy film to emerge from these shores since The Lavender Hill Mob
  • . Wanda proves the perfect vehicle for John Cleese's in depth deconstruction of the anal-retentive attitude of some British
  • . A Fish Called Wanda also deserves high praise
  • . Mind you, A Fish Called Wanda is hardly His Girl Friday either! But it's Kline and Palin that really steal the honours
  • . With showered praise no movie could possibly live up to, A Fish Called Wanda is an enjoyable crime caper and that's all, with some legendary set pieces (Cleese stripping to Russian spouting/Palin with the chips up his nose)



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    A Fish Called Wanda A Film Review by James Berardinelli United States, 1988 Running Length: 1:48 MPAA Classification: R (Profanity, sexual situations, brief nudity, violence) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Cast: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson, Patricia Hayes, Cynthia Cleese Director: Charles Crichton Producer: Michael Shamberg Screenplay: John Cleese, based on a story by John Cleese and Charles Crichton Cinematography: Alan Hume Music: John Du Prez U.S
  • . Considering his solo outings (i.e., not the Python stuff), 1988's A Fish Called Wanda represents the high point of John Cleese's motion picture career
  • . He is assisted by his stuttering, animal-loving friend, Ken (Michael Palin), and his girlfriend, Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis)
  • . But Wanda wants the loot all to herself, and, to aid her in getting it away from George, she brings her psychotic, Nietzche-reading lover, Otto (Kevin Kline), into the gang



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  • . A Fish Called Wanda Starring: John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Palin Review Summary Diamond-loving American Wanda (Curtis) has come to London with her demented, self-loving, and Nietzsche-quoting boyfriend Otto (Kline) in hopes of pulling off an armed diamond heist
  • . Wanda and Otto inform on George and get him locked up, little knowing that he has already stashed the diamonds somewhere else
  • . It appears that George's lawyer, prim and straight-laced Archie Leach (Cleese), may be the only (free) person who knows where the grand haul is hidden, so Wanda sets out to seduce Archie, much to Otto's discomfort
  • . --David Loftus, Resident A Fish Called Wanda Scholar Greedy jewel thieves plot against each other in order to get their huge diamond heist

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  • . Other • • • • All-Reviews.com Movie/Video Review Fish Called Wanda out of 4 Starring: , Director: Charles Crichton Rated: R RunTime: 107 Minutes Release Date: July Genres: , *Also starring: , , Tom Georgeson, Maria Aitken, Geoffrey Palmer Review by 2 stars out of 4 If John Cleese is not a very good actor, at least he is a very good writer


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    | to personalize   | Showing page 1 of 37 main details soundtrack listing photo gallery on tv, schedule links official site video clip(s) You need to be a user of the IMDb to rate a movie - I have seen this movie and would like to A Fish Called Wanda Directed by Writing credits (story) and (story) ..
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    NEW! Search for TV Listings, Movies, Celebrities, Photos and Video FISH CALLED WANDA, A Charles Crichton, 1988 Our rating: Combining the talents of Monty Python stalwart John Cleese and Ealing Studios veteran Charles Crichton (THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT), this hilariously offbeat post-caper comedy benefits from two of British film comedy's most accomplished traditions
  • . Cleese, who wrote the screenplay, stars as Archie Leach, an emotionally and sexually repressed English barrister whose life is thrown into upheaval by the appearance of Wanda--not the fish of the title, but a sexy American thief played by Jamie Lee Curtis
  • . Deciding that the best way to learn the whereabouts of the jewels is through George's barrister (Cleese), Wanda sets out to seduce the information out of him
  • . With British-American culture clash as its dominant theme, A FISH CALLED WANDA bristles with wit, enlivened by delightfully over-the-top ensemble acting

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  • . Edward Johnson-Ott Review by ½ star out of 4 The team who brought us 'A Fish Called Wanda' in 1988 re-team for 'Fierce Creatures.' There is an old saying in life which is "You can't go home again." That was never more true than with the production of 'Fierce Creatures.' John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin return in a film that has nothing to do with 'A Fish Called Wanda' but perhaps it should have
  • . Putting it plainly, 'Fierce Creatures' is a disaster not so much because of what it's about but because it tries to capture the same level of humour as 'A Fish Called Wanda' did
  • . The personalities of the characters in this movie are similar in nature to 'Wanda' and some of the scenes are downright copycats of that film
  • . Producer Michael Shamberg should have recognized that this film wouldn't work and even if you've never seen 'A Fish Called Wanda' you still will recognize the flaws that make this production superficial and self-serving


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  • . | Somewhat sappy, occasionally fiercely funny zoo satire , 15 February 2003 Author: from Oakland CA Brings together much of the cast and creative crew of the classic "A Fish Called Wanda" with less impressive, but still amusing, results
  • . Kline is too much like his "Wanda" character, but Cleese and Curtis create another convincing pair of unlikely lovers, probably the film's best solid asset


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  • . There is no role of his, including his Academy Award winning role in A FISH CALLED WANDA, that I liked better


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  • . Other memorable leading film role performances include "A Fish Called Wanda, " "Fierce Creatures, " "Virus, " "Dominick And Eugene, " "Blue Steel, " "My Girl, " "My Girl 2, " "Forever Young, " "Mother's Boys, " "House Arrest" and "Love Letters." She also is a critically acclaimed and best-selling author

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  • . --Matthew Turner (ViewLondon) Directed by Mean Girls, Just Like Heaven, Head Over Heels Written by Freaky Friday, Freaky Friday, The Devil and Max Devlin Cast True Lies, A Fish Called Wanda, Halloween Mean Girls, Herbie: Fully Loaded, The Parent Trap Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Wyatt Earp, The Last Supper House of Wax, A Cinderella Story, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 Memento, Groundhog Day, The Insider Being John Malkovich, There's Something About Mary, Groundhog Day The Sting, Patch Adams, Stuart Little Music By Sideways, About Schmidt, Wedding Crashers "Freaky Friday" is Disney's best comedy in years


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  • . The knights of the round table are as follows; SIR LAUNCELOT THE BRAVE heroically played by John Cleese (How to Irritate People, Life of Brian, Meaning of Life, Frankenstein, The World is Not Enough, Die Another Day, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, A Fish Called Wanda) as well as SIR GALLHAD THE PURE played by my favourite, Micheal Palin (How to Irritate People, Life of Brian, Meaning of Life, Brazil, A Fish Called Wanda) and we can't forget SIR ROBIN THE-NOT-QUITE-SO-BRAVE-AS-SIR-LAUNCELOT portrayed by the hilarious Eric Idle (Life of Brian, Meaning of Life, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut)


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  • . His latest comedy, "Norma & Wanda" broke box office records at the Purple Rose


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  • . A few more well-known actors make appearances, such as Warwick Davis ( Willow , Return of the Jedi , Labyrinth ) as Professor Filius Flitwick and my personal favourite: John Cleese ( Monty Python and the Holy Grail , A Fish Called Wanda , The World Is Not Enough ) as Sir Nicholas De Mimsy-Porpington (aka Nearly Headless Nick)


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  • . I dare you.) or A Fish Called Wanda , this dooms his side to failure


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  • . WANDA BISBING'S OFFICE - DAY Interview with state prosecutor WANDA BISBING, an attractive woman in her forties
  • . WAYNE (V.O.) However, this opinion isn't shared by the state's prosecutor on this case, Wanda Bisbing


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  • . Kevin Kline's performance would also seem less effective to those who had encountered this actor in his latter, more comedic roles, like A FISH CALLED WANDA


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  • . I dare you.) or A Fish Called Wanda , this dooms his side to failure

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