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Big Trouble
1986
A troubled production history notwithstanding, BIG TROUBLE remains a lighthearted updating of the classic film noir DOUBLE INDEMNITY. Alan Arkin stars as Leonard Hoffman, an insurance salesman and father of triplets. When it becomes apparent that his dream of sending his three sons to Yale is financially impossible, opportunity .. Read more
| Starring | Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning |
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| Director | John Cassavetes |
| Genres | Drama |
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Big Trouble
A troubled production history notwithstanding, BIG TROUBLE remains a lighthearted updating of the classic film noir DOUBLE INDEMNITY. Alan Arkin stars as Leonard Hoffman, an insurance salesman and father of triplets. When it becomes apparent that his dream of sending his three sons to Yale is financially impossible, opportunity presents itself in the form of Blanche (Beverly D'Angelo), sexy wife of Steve Rickey (Peter Falk), who convinces Leonard to trick her husband into signing an obscure life insurance plan that promises a huge payoff if he dies while falling from a train. After the mission is seemingly accomplished, Steve reappears, confusing matters, and thereby sending Leonard's life into an official tailspin. Director John Cassavetes is credited as the director of BIG TROUBLE; he actually stepped in as a replacement. Although the film is therefore not a unique Cassavetes document, it manages to breeze along, guided by the performances of Falk (a Cassavetes standby) and Arkin, stars of 1979's THE IN-LAWS.
| Starring | Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D'Angelo, Charles Durning, Robert Stack |
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| Director | John Cassavetes |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENT. UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1986 To Rent: DVD: 08 Dec 2003 |
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"...Deliciously funny....BIG TROUBLE is crisp, polished and handsome....As for Falk and Arkin, BIG TROUBLE represents a career high point for both of them..."
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Sardine liqueurs
This is a comedy made by some of the same team that brought us the less-than-hilarious The In-Laws. The In-Laws was remade with Michael Douglas, a fate that it ... read more »
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Sardine liqueurs
This is a comedy made by some of the same team that brought us the less-than-hilarious The In-Laws. The In-Laws was remade with Michael Douglas, a fate that it ... read more »
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This is the only John Cassavettes film you'll see on DVD in Britain. It's a terrible, pick-up-a-paycheque exercise in 80s caper comedy (never a ... read more »
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Cassavetes or not Cassavetes: that is the...
Well, I always heard that John Cassavetes was one of the great ones and thought he was, myself, after having seen Gloria. Was this one a big mistake? No trouble... read more »
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Big Trouble
A troubled production history notwithstanding, BIG TROUBLE remains a lighthearted updating of the classic film noir DOUBLE INDEMNITY. Alan Arkin stars as Leonard Hoffman, an insurance salesman and father of triplets. When it becomes apparent that his dream of sending his three sons to Yale is ...
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