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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | Classification: Comedy My favorite Steve Martin movie of them all... Steve Martin and Rachel Ward are almost too funny for words in this one. With this film, Carl Reiner did to 40's film noir what Mel Brooks did to Star Wars with his Spaceballs -- though I'd say that Reiner's Dead Men Don't far excels Spaceballs. This, as while Mel Brooks uses some great one-liners and sight gags in his send-up of space flicks, Reiner's brilliant pastiche of old clips from classic films (complete with Bogart, Cagney, Milland, etc.) cut together with Steve Martin acting against these scenes is simply astounding in its technical acheievement while being some of the funniest moments ever put to film. This is Steve Martin at his best and Rachel Ward is stunningly beautiful -- with her beauty punctuating her delivery of key scenes in a way that only compounds the comedy, as you'd never expect to see something like this in real life. When she removes the bullets from a wounded Steve Martin, you just have to break out damned near belly laughing. The whole effect works brilliantly and the writing, filming, costumes and acting all work together in a seamless work that is one of the most under-rated films of all time. Thanks for putting it on DVD, I'd about worn my VHS copy out over the years of playing. Top Of The World Ma! Long before Hollywood dazzled us with CGI effects,there was "Detecto-Vision"! Steve Martin was at the top of his game when he made this clever collage! ( with the help of Carl Reiner.). Using a montage of 1940's gangster film noirs,and cleverly grafting them into his own detective story,a clever comedy is born. Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon a down on his luck detective,who gets his big break when a famous scientist and cheese maker,meets a mysterious death! Rachel Ward,Carl Reiner,and Renni Santori ( Seinfelds'"Poppi" ),are all a part of the mystery and intrigue that follow. ( As well as nearly every hollywood star from the 40's.). See!Kirk Douglas have Rigby Reardon beaten! See! Fred MacMurray put the moves on Rigby Reardon! See! A disguise so clever it fools James Cagney! See! Rigby Reardon get turned down by Bette Davis,Veronica Lake,Ingrid Bergman,and a bevvy of Hollywood beauties! If you love the old gangster films,you'll love this tribute to a by-gone era. So exacting is this film,they hired Edith Head to do the costumes, ( she costumed most of the original source films.),and even went so far as to duplicate,perfectly,all of the old sets. You won't be disappointed with this one! Very funny creative movie. I saw this film in Mexico City years ago. It was in spanish sub-titles. The Mexican audience seemed well aware of the film noir of the 40's gangster films...as they read the sub-titles, they were already laughing before I finished hearing the dialouge. Yes, it is a very funny movie and Steve Martin is so over the top smooth, it is hilarious. There are some great lines in the movie you won't forget. And just to see the beautiful Buy Dead Men Don T Wear Plaid at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Dead Men Don T Wear Plaid Search with the Priority Search Engine on Dead Men Don T Wear Plaid This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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