| A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
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| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| John Cleese |
Archie Leach
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| Jamie Lee Curtis |
Wanda Gerschwitz
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| Kevin Kline |
Otto West
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| Michael Palin |
Ken
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| Tom Georgeson |
George
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| Maria Aitken |
Wendy Leach
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| Patricia Hayes |
Mrs. Coady
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| Robert McBain |
Hotel Clerk
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| Clare McIntyre |
Airline Employee
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| Andrew Maclachlan |
Eebedee
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| Geoffrey Palmer |
Judge
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| Cynthia Cleese |
Portia (as Cynthia Caylor)
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| Mark Elwes |
Customer in Jeweler's Shop
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| Plot |
| If it is indeed possible for a film to be both stylish and tasteless, then A Fish Called Wanda certainly fills the bill. Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her gangster lover Tom Georgeson. First, she romances Georgeson's dimwitted but deadly henchman Kevin Kline (who won an Academy Award for his performance). Then, to clear the path for her getaway with Kline, Jamie woos Georgeson's starched-shirt attorney, John Cleese — and it's Cleese whom she genuinely falls in love with! Michael Palin , Cleese's former Monty Python cohort, steals the show as a stuttering mob flunkey who continually messes up his one big assignment: killing a little old lady (it isn't that he has any qualms about knocking off the old dear; it's just that her pet dogs keep getting in the way). Scripted by star John Cleese , A Fish Called Wanda admittedly has the capacity to offend a great many viewers; but many also think it's one of the best farces of the 1980s. — Hal Erickson |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Crime |
| Director |
Charles Crichton; John Cleese |
| Producer |
Michael Shamberg |
| Writer |
John Cleese; Charles Crichton |
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| Studio |
UA Distribution Co. |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
98 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
7/15/1988 |
| Color |
Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
202 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
3/5/2004 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Standard 1.33:1 Color
 Widescreen 1.85:1 Color |
| Layers |
Dual Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
027616626622 |
| Chapters |
32 |
| Release Date |
2001 |
| Subtitles |
English; French |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Color Closed-captioned Dolby Widescreen |
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