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Blind Date [1987] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Bruce Willis’ first starring vehicle was 1987’s Blind Date, a Blake Edwards comedy in which the actor plays a yuppie set up on a blind date with a beautiful blonde (Kim Basinger). Everything goes swimmingly until Willis does what he was warned not to do: give the lady alcohol, which causes her to get entirely out of control. The one-note joke basically turns the film into a succession of set pieces in which Willis has to keep up with Basinger, bail her out of trouble, or get out of the way of her hot-headed former boyfriend (John Larroquette). Willis is fine, Basinger is impressively unhinged, Larroquette is hilarious, and Phil Hartman has a nice role as the friend who set up Willis’ evening from hell. The slapstick shtick is classic Edwards, but the film is not Edwards at his most inspired. Consider Blind Date the work of a good filmmaker in a holding pattern.--Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Ever feel that you are in a Dave Barry skit?
Review date: 2006-05-29 Rating: 10 out of 10
If you are familiar with Dave Barry "DAVE BARRY'S COMPLETE GUIDE TO GUYS", you will recognize his formula of starting out with some innocuous statement about a neutral subject and it builds up slowly and logically to make you thing that something totally ridicules is plausible.
Walter Davis (Bruce Willis) is required to bring a date to a company function. A relative (Phil Hartman) know for finding weird blind dates seems to have located the perfect date Nadia Gates (Kim Basinger;) the only caveat is that she is unstable when liberated. Walter was warned.
Naturally the warning must be an exaggeration as we all get a little tipsy. Nope it was right on the money. Nadia who also gives warning goes from polite to helpful to very helpful. To top this off she is being doggedly followed by a psychotic cop ex-boyfriend (John Larroquette.) This is just for starters.
"Do you recognize me? I used to be a respectable citizen. I had a good job and a promising future. I made only one mistake - I went on a blind date. ...Anyone got $10,000 for bail?"
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it has bruce willis in it!!
Review date: 2001-04-17 Rating: 8 out of 10
This film is funny and very cheesy. It is good for a laugh. Bruce willis and Kim basinger are both good. This film is very 80's cheesy.
A true comedy classic!
Review date: 2000-06-03 Rating: 8 out of 10
This was Bruce Willis' movie debut way back in 1987. It's a beautifully paced farce with one hilarious moment after another as the drunken Kim Basinger wrecks a restaurant, Willis' car, and gets him sacked! Blake Edwards directs solidly and there's even a happy ending. The stars perform well together and John Laroquette gives a wonderfully manic performance as Basingers wildly jealous ex-boyfriend. A must-see.
Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Bruce Willis
John Larroquette
Kim Basinger
George Coe
William Daniels
Creators:
Kim Basinger (Primary Contributor)
Bruce Willis (Primary Contributor)
Harry Stradling Jr. (Cinematographer)
David Permut (Producer)
Gary Hendler (Producer)
Jonathan D. Krane (Producer)
Tony Adams (Producer)
Trish Caroselli (Producer)
Dale Launer (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Columbia TriStar
Manufacturer: Columbia TriStar
EAN: 9780767881326
Binding: DVD
ISBN: 076788132X
Number of items: 1
Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release date: 2002-02-05
Universal product code (UPC): 043396077461
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 95 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1987-03-27
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Chinese (Subtitled)
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: Korean (Subtitled)
Language: Portuguese (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: French (Dubbed)