Jinxed!
by Sam Peckinpah
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Actor: Benson Fong, Bette Midler, George Dickerson, Jack Elam, Val AveryDirector: Sam Peckinpah
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), PCM Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), PCM Mono; Spanish (Dubbed), PCM Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
Published: 2004-12-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-12-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Jinxed!
DVD Review: It Has Its Moments
Summary: 3 Stars
I had to give this film three stars just because I have such a soft spot for it. Yes, it's bad. Yes, the plot is thin. Yes, the movie can't decide what it wants to be...black comedy, romantic comedy or drama with a murder twist. Yes, there was no chemistry between Wahl and Midler. Yes, there was tons of back stage fighting between Wahl, Midler and the director.
However, the film does have its good points. Hear me out. The second half of the film (after Rip Thorn commits suicide) is laugh out loud funny. The tumble weed scene still cracks me up. The look on Midler's face after the weed hit her is priceless. The scene with Miss Nina is always a gas. And the line Midler shouts at the insurance man is still one of my all time favorite Midler lines ever. "Talk to my a**! My head's had enough!"
The film had the potential to be a really good black comedy. I've always wondered just what happened with this film. Outside of the whole in fighting between the principles. Something just didn't translate from script to screen. This film had to look better on paper. I'd love to see some of the deleted scenes to see if there was someway to piece together the rather disjointed plot. Maybe in the future some one will dig those up.
Anyway, the film is worth one viewing just for the second half. Not recmended for the average viewer, but if you're a Bette fan like me, then this movie is a must see. If just to see if what everyone says about it is true.
Description of Jinxed!
Hide your chips and hold onto your husbands! Bette Midler "is pure stardust" (The Village Voice) as a saucy and seductive lounge singer seeking better fortunes in this irresistible black comedy that deals in big laughs! Co-starring the "truly comic" (The New York Times) Rip Torn and the "darkly handsome and virile" (The Hollywood Reporter) Ken Wahl, Jinxed is "bubbling with wit and merriment" (The Village Voice)! After losing his latest card-dealing job in Tahoe, Willie Brodax (Wahl) moves to Reno to shake Harold (Torn), a gambler who's made a career of following him clear across Nevada. But their luck changes when Harold's wife (Midler) falls head-over-heels for WillieÂ...and deals him in on a madcap murder plot that'll have you doubling-down with laughter!Bestsellers in DVD
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