A fish called Wanda

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A fish called Wanda

Title:

A fish called Wanda

Author:

Crichton, Charles, 1910-1999, director.

Shamberg, Michael, producer.

Cleese, John, screenwriter, actor.

Curtis, Jamie Lee, 1958- actor.

Kline, Kevin, actor.

Palin, Michael, actor.

Aitken, Maria, 1945- actor.

Georgeson, Tom, 1937- actor.

Hayes, Patricia, 1909-1998, actor.

Palmer, Geoffrey, 1927-2020, actor.

DuPrez, John, composer.

Hume, Alan, 1924-2010, cinematographer.

Jympson, John, editor.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Prominent Features (Firm)

MGM Home Entertainment Inc.

Summary:

"Sexy American diamonds lover Wanda and her boyfriend Otto are in England to plot alongside George and Ken the robbery of a diamond collection. Wanda and Otto want the stolen diamonds for themselves, and inform the police about George, not knowing that he has already moved the diamonds to another secret place. Wanda thinks the best way to find out is by getting close to George's lawyer, Archie Leach."--Www. imdb. com.

Audience:

MPAA rating: R.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1988.

"MGM DVD."

Special features include: 8-page booklet ; original theatrical trailer.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Genre:

Comedy films.

Caper films.

Feature films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Subject Term:

Jewel thieves -- Drama.

Americans -- England -- London -- Drama.

Seduction -- Drama.

Betrayal -- Drama.

Author(s):

Crichton, Charles, 1910-1999,

Shamberg, Michael,

Cleese, John,

Curtis, Jamie Lee, 1958-

Kline, Kevin,

Palin, Michael,

Aitken, Maria, 1945-

Georgeson, Tom, 1937-

Hayes, Patricia, 1909-1998,

Palmer, Geoffrey, 1927-2020,

DuPrez, John,

Hume, Alan, 1924-2010,

Jympson, John,

Added Corporate Author:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Prominent Features (Firm)

MGM Home Entertainment Inc.

Publisher:

MGM Home Entertainment,

Publication Date:

1998

1988

ISBN:

9780792838920

Publication Information:

Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, c1998.

Call Number:

DVD FISHCAL

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

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In A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her gangster lover Tom Georgeson. First, she romances Georgeson's dimwitted but deadly henchman Kevin Kline (who won an Academy Award for his performance). Then, to clear the path for her getaway with Kline, Jamie woos Georgeson's starched-shirt attorney, John Cleese -- and it's Cleese whom she genuinely falls in love with. Michael Palin, Cleese's former Monty Python cohort, plays a stuttering mob flunkey who continually messes up his one big assignment: killing a little old lady (it isn't that he has any qualms about knocking off the old dear; it's just that her pet dogs keep getting in the way). A Fish Called Wanda was scripted by star John Cleese. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi