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Release Date:
25 December 1981 (USA) more
Tagline:
A broken-hearted man + amazing moving powers = Out-of-control fun. more
Plot:
Jealous, harried air traffic controller Max Fielder, recently dumped by his girlfriend, comes into contact with nuclear waste and is granted the power of telekinesis, which he uses to not only win her back, but to gain a little revenge. full summary | add synopsis
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Just...weird more (39 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Chevy Chase | ... | Max Fielder |
 | Patti D'Arbanville | ... | Darcy |
 | Dabney Coleman | ... | Mark Winslow |
 | Mary Kay Place | ... | Lorraine |
 | Nell Carter | ... | Dorita |
 | Brian Doyle-Murray | ... | Brian Stills |
| Mitch Kreindel | ... | Barry |
| Arthur Sellers | ... | Mobile Supervisor |
 | Sandy Helberg | ... | Pete |
| Neil Thompson | ... | Controller #1 |
 | Carl Irwin | ... | Controller #2 |
| Ronald E. House | ... | Vender (as Ron House) |
| Buzzy Linhart | ... | The Tile Man |
| Henry Corden | ... | Dubrovnik |
| Christine Nazareth | ... | Redhead |
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89 min | 93 min (FMC Library Print)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #26438) | Australia:M | UK:PG
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Chevy Chase was nearly electrocuted during a stunt in the sequence in which he is wearing "landing lights" and dreams that he is an airplane. The lights' wiring short-circuited through his arm, back and neck, which caused him to lose consciousness. more
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Revealing mistakes: When the airplane-ashtray flies, a large, obvious, metal arm is supporting it in the close shots. more
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Dorita: According to these chicken guts, there's going to be an awfully big ruckus here this weekend. more
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Referenced in Bruce Almighty (2003) more
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Gonna Get It Next Time more
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I never really got into this movie, it's more strange than it is funny. And Chevy wasn't his usual self either, he was way to morose and distant to really side with his character or empathise with him in any way.
Chevy plays Max Fielder, an air-traffic controller who's life is constantly in the toilet and bad luck follows him everywhere. He's very paranoid and possessive over his girlfriend, so much so that she dumps him for some total dork.
On his way home from a disastrous night out his car is sprayed with radioactive gunk from a leaky government truck. He is soon blessed/cursed with telekinetic abilities, which he uses to get revenge on those who make his life miserable.
It could have been really fun but it's just...weird. Ken Shapiro (who?) does not have the same edge in his direction as Harold Ramis, Michael Ritchie or John Landis and he doesn't know how to fully use Chevy's brand of humor. There are some laughs to be had though, but their not so memorable.
The DVD is in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen but it's mostly all shot in soft focus so there's nothing outstanding here. The sound is plain old Mono and it's alright if nothing else, though the dialogue has very heavy use of ADR. A trailer and TV spot are included. Oh...and that theme song playing over the menu, opening and closing credits? Yuck!