Excess Baggage (1997)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Marco Brambilla

Writers (WGA):

Max D. Adams (story)
Max D. Adams (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

29 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance

Tagline:

You would NOT believe what a girl's got to do, just to get a little attention.

Plot:

Emily has always been the rich brat who tries to pull every imaginable stunt to get attention. But one day...

Plot Keywords:

Kidnapping | Trunk | Fake Kidnapping | Gunfire | Washington State

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Alicia Silverstone	...	Emily
Benicio Del Toro	...	Vincent
Christopher Walken	...	Ray
Jack Thompson	...	Alexander
Harry Connick Jr.	...	Greg
Nicholas Turturro	...	Stick
Michael Bowen	...	Gus
Robert Wisden	...	Detective Sims
Leland Orser	...	Detective Barnaby
Sally Kirkland	...	Louise
Hiro Kanagawa	...	Jon
Brendan Beiser	...	Man on Pay Phone
Demetri Goritsas	...	Surveillance Van Cop
Jorge Vargas	...	Mini Mart Clerk
Danielle Saklofsky	...	Monique

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, drinking and sex-related dialogue.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #34335) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Germany:12 | Australia:M | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

The yellow leather jacket worn by Alicia Silverstone was sold on to actor/stand-up comic, Paul Rawson for $890. The Jacket also came with Silverstone's shirt/Black Swede pants and a lip-stick top.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Vincent and Emily drive to a bar, only one person is visible in the car as they round the bend.

Quotes:

Vincent: We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Emily: What's the hard way?
Vincent: It's harder... it's harder than the easy way. That's what I know.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Defunct (2008)

Soundtrack:

Old Devil Moon

Surprisingly sexy...great chemistry between Silverstone and Del Toro

I rented this movie on a whim last night, and I was very pleasantly surprised! The plot is entertaining, but what I really loved about this flick is that Silverstone and Del Toro have an odd - yet amazing - chemistry on screen. Most of their intimacies are left to the imagination, but I thought that made it even hotter! I noticed there was a comment on imdb about the writing being sophomoric (or something to that effect), specifically the line, "Do you like my tummy?" I thought it was very sweet and REAL. It's one of those silly conversations that makes them believable. Definitely worth the rent...and the buy (I'm purchasing it ASAP!).