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An updating of the classic Western TV series "Maverick," this comic oater finds our fast-talking, hard-gambling hero surviving many adventures while trying to come up with enough money to play in a high-stakes poker game. Penned by William Goldman with music by Randy Newman. Academy Award Nominations: Best Costume Design. Read more
| Starring | Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, James Garner, Alfred Molina |
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| Director | Richard Donner |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
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An updating of the classic Western TV series "Maverick," this comic oater finds our fast-talking, hard-gambling hero surviving many adventures while trying to come up with enough money to play in a high-stakes poker game. Penned by William Goldman with music by Randy Newman. Academy Award Nominations: Best Costume Design.
| Starring | Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, James Garner, Alfred Molina, Graham Greene, James Coburn, Corey Feldman, Dan Hedaya, Geoffrey Lewis, William Marshall, Doug McClure, Denver Pyle, Bert Remsen, Dub Taylor, Paul Brinegar, Max Perlich, Clint Black |
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| Director | Richard Donner |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 1 min LOVEFiLM Instant: 2 hrs 1 min |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Big Adventures |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Croatian, Czech, English, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1994 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 27 Nov 2010 To Rent: DVD: 14 Mar 2005 |
| LOVEFiLM Instant | £2.49 |
Based on the TV series that starred James Garner, this is a relaxed and rambling romp, a jokey tale of double-cross in a Western setting which would have been far better with its last half-hour excised.
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excellent
this is a very funny film, with twists and turns throughout.
there are outstanding performances from jodie foster, mel gibson and james garner.read more »
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What film was that again?
When this film first came out, I remember leaving the cinema and before i got to the train station, I'd forgotten what I'd spent the last two hours ... read more »
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Good movie
Haven't seen this movie since I was little so when I saw it online i thought I would watch it again and remembered that it was a good film. If you haven'... read more »
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Harmless enough
Comic western that amuses (a little). Not sure it is quite as good or as bad as other reviewers indicate. Neat twist at the end. Fine if nothing better to watch... read more »
Jodie Foster took time out of a special screening of her new film The Beaver to ask moviegoers to "appreciate" Mel Gibson's performance onscreen instead of concentrating on his personal troubles. The Silence of the Lambs star directs her old pal in the film, which is released following months of scrutiny aimed at Gibson over his nasty split from ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the Oscar winner - who starred alongside the actor in 1994's... Read more