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10 May 1978 (USA) moreTagline:
Are there laughs before death? morePlot:
Slapstick black comedy about a man (Reynolds) who finds that he hasn't much longer to live and has bungled his attempts at suicide. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Emmy Nominations Reveal Few Surprises (From CinemaSpy. 16 July 2009, 10:01 AM, PDT)
2009 Emmy Nominations Released
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Dom's Finest Moment, One of Burt's Finest Too more (22 total)US TV Schedule:
| Thur. Nov. 12 | 8:00 AM | MAX |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Burt Reynolds | ... | Wendell Sonny Lawson | |
| Dom DeLuise | ... | Marlon Borunki | |
| Sally Field | ... | Mary Ellen | |
| Strother Martin | ... | Dr. Waldo Kling | |
| David Steinberg | ... | Marty Lieberman | |
| Joanne Woodward | ... | Jessica Lawson | |
| Norman Fell | ... | Dr. Samuel Krugman | |
| Myrna Loy | ... | Maureen Lawson | |
| Kristy McNichol | ... | Julie Lawson | |
| Pat O'Brien | ... | Ben Lawson | |
| Robby Benson | ... | Father Dave Benson | |
| Carl Reiner | ... | Dr. James Maneet | |
| Louise LeTourneau | ... | Receptionist | |
| Bill Ewing | ... | Hearse Driver | |
| Robert Rothwell | ... | Limousine Driver |
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Revealing mistakes: When Wendell Lawson slams on his brakes next to the funeral procession in front of the Church, the shadow of the Church steeple and crucifix appear on his forehead. However in the cutaway to the Church, we clearly see there are no shadows anywhere on the face of the Church, indicating that the sun is in front of the Church and not behind it, thus unable to produce a shadow on Wendell. moreFAQ
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This was, without a doubt, the most hilariously comic performance that the brilliant Dom DeLuise had on film. When, in the midst of a depressed "woe is me" rant, he looks up and asks "Do you think we'll ever switch to the metric system?", well, it just don't get no funnier than that. His botched suicide attempts, as well as his eagerly wanting to help Burt with HIS suicide, oh heck, just go rent it yourself! You'll love it.
Burt was brilliant too. He holds a thin line between wanting to die and wanting to live that is believable. It's a real shame that this movie often gets me blank stares when I tell others about it. More people know about Four Weddings and a Funeral (a movie so horrid that I still refuse to watch another Andie McDowell flick) than this quiet classic. (sigh)