Hot to Trot (1988)

Director:

Michael Dinner

Writers:

Stephen Neigher (story) &
Hugo Gilbert (story) ...

Release Date:

26 August 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

"When I talk, you're going to laugh yourself hoarse."

Plot:

Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market...

Plot Keywords:

Horse | Horse Actor | Talking Animal | Horse Racing

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bobcat Goldthwait	...	Fred P. Chaney (as Bob Goldthwait)
Dabney Coleman	...	Walter Sawyer
John Candy	...	Don (voice)
Virginia Madsen	...	Allison Rowe
Cindy Pickett	...	Victoria Peyton
Jim Metzler	...	Boyd Osborne
Tim Kazurinsky	...	Leonard
Santos Morales	...	Carlos
Barbara Whinnery	...	Denise
Garry Kluger	...	Pomeroy
Mary Gross	...	Ms. French
Liz Torres	...	Bea
Jocko Marcellino	...	Marvin
Deanna Oliver	...	Lorraine
Harry Caesar	...	Gideon Cole

Runtime:

Spain:80 min | USA:83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG | Iceland:L | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Park Racetrack - 1050 S. Prairie Avenue, Inglewood, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

After Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985), 'Tim Burton' was offered to direct, but declined.

Quotes:

Fred P. Chaney: [about the atrium in his new apartment] What is this a little yard?

Movie Connections:

Features Them! (1954)

Soundtrack:

Shooting Dirty Pool

you get what you came for...

why anyone would choose to watch this movie and then turn around and complain about how awful it is baffles me. you're given a silly title, Hot to Trot, Bobcat Goldthwait as a star, and a blurb mentioning a talking horse. how could this movie NOT be utterly stupid? of COURSE it is stupid! and that's why it's great! sure, the jokes are juvenile and rather stupid, though in my opinion there are a few zingers in there (how is a three-stoogie horse humping a Volvo NOT funny?) but sometimes that's what you want to watch: utter stupidity. this movie succeeds as a brainless comedy with easy to grasp humor and blatant...stupidity! i sincerely doubt it ever tried to be more than just that. so, for what it is, it's a huge success, and if you want to sit back and not think and enjoy an 80s flavored 80 minutes with a talking horse and an annoying guy whose jockey pants are too tight, then by all means, i highly highly recommend this movie. if you're too uptight to relax and enjoy it on some level, then yeah, skip it. i've personally seen it at least 20 times since it opened in theaters when i was 9 years old, it's in my video collection and a favorite to pop in when i'm sick, cleaning or trying to get someone to laugh and feel silly, and yeah it sits surrounded by films by the likes of Wim Wenders and Jeunet, above The Seventh Seal and to the right of Dr. Strangelove.