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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0625282801390
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Legacy Entertainment
Manufacturer: Legacy Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Legacy Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 01, 2005
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 119500
Studio: Legacy Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1975
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Rating: - No, it didn't
Absolutely Godawful. To get you into the right frame of mind, IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME (1975) is a movie where, when being squirted with a mellow stream of water, nobody has the sense to simply take one step to the left or right to get out of the way. They just stand there flapping their lips, looking shocked while the good guys laugh up a storm.
Always be wary when a movie or book contains a "signal from Fred". When it exists right there in the title, you know you're in for trouble. The movie title should not be the film's primary excuse.
And yet, not only do I have that objection to the title (surely no part of this seemed like a good idea), I'm not even sure what it refers to at the story level. What plot point is supposed to have seemed like a good idea? The kidnapping idea? I'm baffled at what else it could mean, but even that doesn't fit.
I'm getting ahead of myself. The story concerns Anthony Newley as an unappealing slacker and his generic ex-wife, played by Stephanie Powers. The Digiview version of this DVD release erroneously states that Newley tries "to have Powers get involved with a local politician". This is false. Clearly whoever wrote it wasn't paying much attention to the film (I can't blame them). Newley's motivation is, in fact, to get her as far away as possible from the politician (and also away from her current husband).
Indeed, the early comedic set pieces involve Newley's sabotage of the budding ... Read More
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