Synopsis
The Villain. Even Mother Teresa wanted him dead.
When the incompetent Officer Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988 Directed by David Zucker
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Leslie Nielsen Priscilla Presley Ricardo Montalban George Kennedy O.J. Simpson Susan Beaubian Nancy Marchand Raye Birk Jeannette Charles Ed Williams Tiny Ron Taylor "Weird Al" Yankovic Tom Dugan Joyce Brothers Lawrence Tierney Reggie Jackson Dick Enberg Mel Allen Dick Vitale Jesse Ventura John Houseman Prince Hughes
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This is possibly the closest I've ever seen a live action piece capture everything I love about Chuck Jones' cartoons. The music, the gags, the pacing, the overall aesthetic feels like everything out of the best of his work.
I can't remember the last movie I rewatched on the same day I finished it (if I ever did that at all), but man, this movie is just way too funny not to pass up another viewing with another friend of mine over Rabbit.
The sight gag with the airbags in the car/the entire climax is one of the greatest pieces of cinema ever filmed.
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I can't remember the last proper comedy I've watched recently. It might have been back near the end of April with "A Fish Called Wanda", and I have watched some shorts and films that I would consider pretty funny, but I think that was the last true and blue, straight forward comedy I sat through.
Usually I tend not to watch them because they're often the biggest pains to write reviews about and not just because I've now transcended so far up my own ass that I can't give them the time of day (though, I still long await that day to come ((probably will be the day I watch my first Terrence Malick movie)) ). But after awhile and…
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Airplane! is one of my favorite comedies of all time, so it was no surprise that I ended up loving The Naked Gun as much as I did. It has all the same hilariously bad Dad-joke puns ("Goodyear?" / "No, the worst.") and masochistic slapstick (a man gets shot and then stumbles around incurring a series of much more minor injuries) that made me fall in love with Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker's masterpiece. There's an extended joke about Drebin going to the bathroom with his mic still on that had me rolling my eyes, but if anything this is just a testament to the way Zucker is willing to throw everything at the wall to see what sticks (there's so much background detail…
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Still a stone cold comedy classic, even now, close to thirty years later. A movie that beats you into submission with its relentless silliness until you can’t help but giggle helplessly at even the dumbest jokes.
Casting OJ Simpson was a total masterstroke in hindsight, as all of the slapstick misfortune that befalls Nordberg becomes both more darkly comedic, and strangely unsettling, by having it happen to a man who brutally murdered an innocent restaurant waiter and killed his ex-wife by almost decapitating her. I don’t know what this says about me. Nothing good probably…
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And to think I've never seen the first Naked Gun movie, weird. Lol @ that interrogation scene in the harbour. 'Maybe this will refresh your memory... ' Hehehehe....
Also, did anyone else spot the Clockwork Orange spoof ? :D
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How the fuck was Leslie Nielsen NOT nominated for an Academy Award for this role? A powerhouse comedic performance that can challenge Daniel Day-Lewis any day of the week.
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Estava precisando muito de dar boas risadas e peguei esse filme novamente pra assistir. Nunca falha!
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Airplane but the doctors a police man
sign me up
not for the cops though this world is a bit too crazy for me
*Also OJ gets beaten up plenty of times in the movie which is a treat
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