The Fletch Collection
by Michael Ritchie
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Actor: Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Hal Holbrook, Joe Don Baker, Richard LibertiniDirector: Michael Ritchie
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
Producer: Alan Greisman
Producer: Bruce Bodner
Producer: Gordon A. Webb
Producer: Peter Douglas
Writer: Andrew Bergman
Writer: Gregory McDonald
Writer: Leon Capetanos
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 193 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-08-19
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of The Fletch Collection
DVD Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
For anybody who enjoys subtle and at times not subtle banter humor this is good. Chevy Chase emerged from SNL with a comedy of his own and made the best of it.DVD Review: Fletch Collection
Summary: 5 Stars
awesome collector's edition set! I wasnt expecting the 2 seperate discs or the hysterical Fletch rotating disguise case. I definitely recommend!DVD Review: Chevy at his best!
Summary: 5 Stars
Chevy Chase was great in both the Fletch movies. They are so dumb they are hilarious.DVD Review: Fletch Finally Remastered. Must Have Cost Hundreds....
Summary: 4 Stars
Believe it or not, most men of my generation (that's usually over 35 now, kiddies) that I've known have worshipped this movie. More than Bond, more than Kirk, more than any Horror icon..to most "dudes", Fletch was the coolest guy on the movie's planet and they have memorized every line to prove it. Sure, I'm as big of a Chevy Chase fan as the next guy, but I honestly can't see why the first Fletch film is that highly regarded. While Chase films like Vacation, Caddyshack, and even Three Amigos showed what most enjoyed about him, being that quirky clumsy oaf that we saw on Saturday Night Live, it was Fletch that shown the clever, cool, and slick character of Chase that hinted humor ever so dryly with one liners that took a few seconds to get. In alot of ways this film, based on the popular novels, isn't really a comedy at all, more like a comedic drama. It's plot is simple, Fletch is a newspaper reporter while underground on a drug story stumbles upon another strange case that somehow intertwines with his first and it's up to his uncovering skills and cheap disguises to find out what's all behind it, mocking all involved along the way. Very 80's in style, but truly shows why Chase was SNL's first breakthru star. It ain't Vacation or Caddyshack in the laughter department, but with his undertone wisecracks every so often, it really makes for a different paced Chase flix. As for this 2007 DVD re-release, it now has a new documentary, featuring another member of my generation showing his love for the flix ad nauseum, a 5.1 update, and a montage or two. No new Chase involvement, but if you never bought it before and still want to, this would be a good purchase. Also, this disc is in the newer 2008 "The Fletch Collection" with the underperforming sequel Fletch Lives, made a whopping five years later and it shows, but the discs are exactly the same, and this time you don't get that cool lenticular cover as on the single. There was an actual reason why he was Chevy Chase and you weren't, and in my opinion while not a giggle-a-second, Fletch proved that in spades.
(RedSabbath Rating:8.0/10)
DVD Review: Poor movie... not really funny
Summary: 2 Stars
Not at all what I'd expected having seen other Chevy Chase comedies. The very idea of disguising the main character was pretty good, but what kills the film is an almost absolute lack of plot.
Description of The Fletch Collection
Follow the clues with Chevy Chase as Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher in this hilarious 2-movie set, The Fletch Collection! The antics begin with the original comedy Fletch, which follows the reckless investigative reporter - who changes his identity more often than his underwear - as he uncovers police corruption, forbidden romance and murder. The humor continues in Fletch Lives as the newspaper sleuth travels to Louisiana to live the good life but soon finds himself immersed in the kind of troubles that only an ace newsman can solve. It's no mystery that The Fletch Collection is zany, timeless fun you'll enjoy again and again!Gregory McDonald's lightweight mystery novel about an undercover newspaper reporter cracking a police drug ring is transformed by screenwriter Andrew Bergman (Blazing Saddles, and writer/director of The Freshman and Honeymoon in Vegas) into a fairly sarcastic and occasionally very funny Chevy Chase vehicle. Enjoyment of the film pivots on whether you find Chase's flippant, smart-ass brand of verbal humor funny, or merely egocentric. If you don't like Chase, there's really no one else worth watching (Geena Davis is sadly underused). Chase seems born to play I.M. "Fletch" Fletcher, a disillusioned investigative reporter whose cynicism and detached view on life mirrors the actor's understated approach to comedy. Fletcher offers Chase the opportunity to adopt numerous personas, as his job requires numerous (bad) physical disguises, and much of film's humor centers on the ridiculous idea that any of these phony accents or bad hairpieces could fool anyone. These not-so-clever disguises are put to use when Fletch becomes involved in the film's smart but continually self-mocking two-part mystery. As well as trying to gather drug-smuggling evidence against the LAPD for a long-overdue newspaper story, a rich and apparently terminally ill stranger also offers Fletch a large payoff to kill him. While the film does a fairly good job juggling both of these plots, not to mention tossing in a love interest as well, it's subservient, for better or worse, to Chase's memorable one-liners and disguises. Followed by two forgettable sequels that lack both the original's wit and Chase's attention span. --Dave McCoy
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