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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: DREYFUSS,RICHARD
EAN: 0786936119916
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Walt Disney Video
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 02, 2002
Running Time: 108 minutes
Sales Rank: 8167
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: March 06, 1987
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Description:
Cruise back to Baltimore 1963, to the time and turf of a rare American breed: the 'tin man' (aluminum siding salesman). Two less-than-honest rivals in the tin game (Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito) meet in a fender bender, but their bruised egos and quick tempers turn the minor accident into a major vendetta against each other's symbols of success -- their prized Cadillacs. In what would seem to be a coup de grace, Dreyfuss decides to seduce DeVito's neglected wife (Barbara Hershey), but this romantic maneuver causes nonstop twists and turns to both the heart and the funnybone. With a supporting cast that's absolutely classic and music by The Fine Young Cannibals, TIN MEN sounds as good as it looks!
Amazon.com:
Tin Men, the second in Barry Levinson's ongoing film series about his native Baltimore in the 1950s and '60s, focuses on a pair of competing aluminum-siding salesman at a point when the industry was loaded with scam artists. Richard Dreyfuss and Danny DeVito play rivals who get involved in a fender-bender that quickly escalates from a minor argument into an all-out war, as they begin pulling practical jokes on each other. Dreyfuss takes it too far, however, when he sets out to seduce DeVito's unhappy wife (Barbara Hershey) and winds up falling in love with her. Much of the humor here comes from Levinson's keen ear as writer and director for the way these people talk--and what they talk about (like the discussion of why four men are living together without women on the Ponderosa in Bonanza). Beside the leads, the cast includes a great host of character actors, including Jackie Gayle, Bruno Kirby, John Mahoney, and J.T. Walsh. Others in Levinson's body of Baltimore films are Diner, Avalon, and the most recent, Liberty Heights. --Marshall Fine
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Rating:  - Stands The Test of a Couple Decades
Twenty years past its release date, Tin Men remains a keeper. Danny DeVito may have worn out his exasperated/enraged small man schtick by now, but in 1987 it was still fresh. Like Diner, Tin Men is set in end-of-an-era Baltimore, 1963, and so much that is in it has disappeared or declined. Crowd noise from old Memorial Stadium fills a part of one scene and the camera captures those brick row houses that lined the streets around the stadium in their prime. The Life Magazine scam scene and the diner and driving riffs on Bonanza are laugh out loud funny. In an excellent cast -- not only of leads, but with some of the era's best supporting players --, Barbara Hershey as the wife caught between the tantrums of shady aluminum siding salesmen stands out. And the fender level camera view of the tin men parking their perfect Cadillacs is auto nostalgia at its best. Overall, Tin Men serves up that nostalgia, but also wry look at human nature, and a well-shot picture of a working and living city into an enduring package. It is one very good movie.
Rating: - gem of a comedy...
everything is so right about this film, the setting, the music, the acting. Really takes you back to the early 60's with Richard Dreyfuss, Barbara Hershy, Dany DeVito doing some of their finest work. The supporting cast is incredible, John Mahoney, Bruno Kirby, the familiar faces and great work just goes on and on. But it is the writing that really seperates this into the 'special' category. Great writing, great directing amd great acting make for a especially great comedy.
Rating: - A guys movie. The opposite of a 'chick flick'.
One of my favorite films ever. Following on from `Diner', its quirky humor lies in the everyday banter of the characters, for which the actors seem to have been given freedom to ad lib. Charm and authenticity are added by Levinson's attention to detail, in what is a sixties period movie.
Women be warned. When my sister saw this at the theatre, she was so bored she walked out before the end. My girl friend had a similar reaction when watching at home. At first this puzzled me, as I absolutely loved the film. However, you need to have a male psyche to understand it. The story revolves around two competing male egos and the girl caught in the middle. There are allusions to the male obsession for new cars, the pride that believes you can always beat the other guy at pool, and the `getting the girl' just to prove that you can.
Great characters, innovative directing, and sparkling acting by the lead roles in Dreyfuss, DeVito and Hershey, makes you think that they had a lot of fun making this film.
It's not 'Beaches'. It's not 'Fried Green Tomatoes'. And that's the beauty of it.
Rating: - Terrific Comedy
Tin Men is a terrific movie. Great performances by Dreyfuss and Devito, but the supporting characters are even better! Someone else said that they don't make em like this anymore and they were right. There's nothing EXTREME about this film, and it's not laced with profanity or nudity - just great writing performed by great actors. The viewer is transported back to the 1960's for a few hours and it's a nice journey with lots of laughs! You will not be disappointed - One of my all-time favorite movies.
Rating: - The fued of the century
I've watched this movie at least 30 times and it's just as entertaining as it was the first time I watched it. This recent purchase was for a friend and she loved it too.
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