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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Frank Oz and produced by Bernard Williams. It is a remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story, whose co-writers Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning received screen credit for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, along with writer Dale Launer. Set on the French Riviera, the film stars Steve Martin ...
- Roger Cormier
- IT WAS ORIGINALLY MEANT FOR MICK JAGGER AND DAVID BOWIE. The two singers, fresh off their collaboration with their "Dancing in the Street" cover, wanted to do a movie together.
- AT ONE POINT, IT WAS GOING TO BE AN EDDIE MURPHY MOVIE. Murphy had seen Bedtime Story on his uncle's recommendation. His production company, Eddie Murphy Productions, asked Launer to re-write it if they could get the rights to the movie from Universal.
- IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MONTY PYTHON REUNION. John Cleese claimed he was offered the role that would later go to Michael Caine, but he turned it down because filming would have taken place right after six weeks of publicity work for another movie.
- STEVE MARTIN WANTED TO PLAY LAWRENCE. Director Frank Oz gave Steve Martin the script, and Launer was told that Martin "swooned" over it and was to play David Niven's role.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels picked up a Golden Globe nomination for Caine as Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (losing out to Tom Hanks' utterly believable performance in Big) and Headly was crowned the Chicago Film Critics Association’s Most Promising New Actress. The film also inspired a Broadway musical in 2005, starring John Lithgow as Lawrence and two-time Tony Award winner ...
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Directed by Frank Oz. With Steve Martin, Michael Caine, Glenne Headly, Anton Rodgers. Two con men try to settle their rivalry by betting on who can swindle a young American heiress out of fifty thousand dollars first.
- Frank Oz
- 2 min
Roger Ebert. December 14, 1988. 3 min read. There’s something about the very words “dirty rotten scoundrel” that makes being one OK. They evoke an earlier age of simpler evils, back before everyone was playing for keeps. And the movie “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” evokes a more innocent time in the movies, too; it’s a remake of the ...
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. PG 1988 1h 50m Comedy. List. 89% Tomatometer 44 Reviews. 84% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings. NEW. Con artist Lawrence Jamieson (Michael Caine) is a longtime resident of a ...
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I am in the middle of rewatching Frank Oz’s 1988 film “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, and I can’t believe how funny it is. There is a healthy balance of charm, innuendo, physical humour, wit and clever writing—and it’s all made possible due to the amazing chemistry between Steve Martin and Michael Caine.
