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Summary
A young director intent on making "the greatest color crime movie ever" can't seem to finish his script--he has a beginning and an end, but he can't quite figure out the middle.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 80GoodWatch 75
Audience score93%
IMDb6.7
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −20 min on the typical 100
typical 10080Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1985
April 12, 1985
41 years ago
Genres
ComedyCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Canada
Rated
- PG-13United States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG-13 in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
15 of 15
- EKEva KovacsKim
John PaizsSteven Penny- DBDarrell BaranRonnie Boyles
- MYMark YuillStanley Falco
- NLNeil LawrieDr. C. Jolly
- MBMartin BresinSupervisor
- JOJeffrey Owen MadenSkip Holiday
- TATea Andrea TannerDawn Holiday
- BCBob CloutierMr. Brown
- DFDonna FullinghamMrs. Brown
- MFMitch FunkYoung Dad
- AHAngela HeckYoung Mom
- MDM.B. DugganJesus
- DSDouglas SymsNarrator
Roscoe Handford(credited as Cookie Roscoe)
Directing · 1
- John Paizs Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Graphic Designer, Production Design, Art Direction
Writing · 1
- George Toles Story Consultant
Camera · 1
- Tom Fijal Camera Operator
Editing · 2
- Gerry Klym Editor, Sound
- Jon Coutts Editor
Sound · 3
- Randolph Peters Music
- Don MacDougall Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Clive Perry Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art · 1
- Nick Burns Props
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Maria Paizs Costume Design
Visual Effects · 1
- Martin Bresin Special Effects Supervisor
Other crew · 1
- John Paizs Cinematography
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