Get Smart, Again! (1989) (TV)

Director:

Gary Nelson

Writers (WGA):

Leonard Stern (story)
Leonard Stern (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

26 February 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Max and 99 are back, facing death at every turn and loving it! [Video Australia]

Plot:

Maxwell Smart is called back to duty as KAOS is back causing trouble again, this time with a 'weather machine'...

Plot Keywords:

Kaos | Mission | Revolver | Female Agent | Pistol

Cast

Don Adams	...	Maxwell Smart
Barbara Feldon	...	Agent 99
Bernie Kopell	...	Conrad Siegfried / Prof. Helmut Schmelding
Richard Gautier	...	Hymie
Robert Karvelas	...	Larrabee
King Moody	...	Shtarker
Harold Gould	...	Nicholas Dimente
Kenneth Mars	...	Cmdr. Drury
John de Lancie	...	Maj. Waterhouse
Steve Levitt	...	Beamish
David Ketchum	...	Agent 13 (as Dave Ketchum)
Danny Goldman	...	Dr. Denton
Roger Price	...	Hottentot
Rachelle Carson	...	Lisa
Lou Felder	...	President

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

IndieProd Company Productions

Trivia:

Ironically, this reunion movie aired on ABC - the network that rejected the original pilot for the "Get Smart" (1965) TV series!

Goofs:

Plot holes: From whom did Nicholas Dimente buy the controlling shares of KAOS? The name of the former KAOS leader is never mentioned in the story.

Quotes:

Maxwell Smart: Go to sleep, 99
Agent 99: I can't.
Maxwell Smart: Why not?
Agent 99: You're sitting on me.

Movie Connections:

References "Get Smart: Hubert's Unfinished Symphony (#1.26)" (1966)

Max Bumbles Again

I saw The Nude Bomb in 1980, and was highly disappointed. This made-for-TV movie is better. It doesn't totally recapture the goofiness of the original series, but it makes a good effort. All of the crazy characters are back with the exception of The Chief (the actor who played this character passed away in the mid-1970's). There are some scenes in this movie where the characters look as if they haven't missed a step from who they were in the original series. I would suggest skipping The Nude Bomb entirely, and watching this one instead.