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Buck Henry (screenplay)
Nancy Meyers (story)
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21 December 1984 (USA) more
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There's something funny going on in Washington. Goldie's about to become a diplomat.
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Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Goldie Hawn ... Sunny Davis

Chris Sarandon ... Michael Ransome
Richard Romanus ... Emir
Andre Gregory ... Nawaf Al Kabeer (as André Gregory)
Gail Strickland ... Ambassador Marietta St. John

Cliff De Young ... Hilley (as Cliff DeYoung)

Keith Szarabajka ... Crowe

Ed Begley Jr. ... Hassler

James Staley ... Vice President Merck
Kenneth Mars ... Lou

Jean Smart ... Ella
Maria O'Brien ... Donna

Joel Brooks ... Ben

Grainger Hines ... Jerry
Kenneth McMillan ... Senator Norris
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96 min
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Amanda Bearse's theatrical film debut. more
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Continuity: When Sunny is in surgery, they are operating on her left buttock. When she is wheeled into her press conference she is sitting on the left and her right is the sore side. more
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Vice President Merck: Sunny, what are your plans?
Sunny Davis: I don't have any. I mean, well, I have a job at the Safari club and Lou, well, he's my boss and he's really a nice guy and everything, but business hasn't been so hot and I was kind of hoping for an advancement, you know, but the problem is that Lou's aunt works the cash register and his sister's the hostess so I'm just gonna have to wait around until one of 'em quits or drops dead. I guess you know what that's like, hmm?
Vice President Merck: Hmm!
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3 out of 5 people found the following review useful.
above average comedy, 11 August 2003

PROTOCOL(1984) Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, and Richard Romanus.

In this film, Hawn plays Sunny Davis, a ditzy cocktail waitress who becomes famous around america after she saves a man from an assassination attempt. She gets offered a job working at Washington D.C.

This was an above average comedy, but not as good as some of Goldies' other films.(such as Overboard, Housesitter, and Seems like Old Times)But i did laugh a lot. So if you enjoy a cute comedy, I would recommend this movie.

PROTOCOL: 6.4/10

PG; some sexual humor, brief language, and mild violence.

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