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A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and written by Crichton and John Cleese. It stars Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis , Kevin Kline , and Michael Palin . The film follows a gang of diamond thieves who double-cross one another to recover stolen diamonds hidden by their jailed leader.
Jul 29, 1988 · A Fish Called Wanda. In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool the very proper barrister Archibald Leach.
- (155K)
- Comedy, Crime
- Charles Crichton, John Cleese
- 1988-07-29
- IT WAS DIRECTOR CHARLES CRICHTON’S FIRST FILM IN TWO DECADES. Back in the 1950s, Charles Crichton was a famous director of Ealing Comedies—a series of comedy films produced by London’s Ealing Studios—who was known for his work on films like The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953), Hue and Cry (1947), and The Lavender Hill Mob (1951).
- CRICHTON AND JOHN CLEESE SPENT FIVE YEARS WRITING THE FILM. A Fish Called Wanda was years, even decades, in the making. Cleese and Crichton first met and began discussing ideas for a comedy heist film, inspired by The Lavender Hill Mob, all the way back in 1969.
- IT WAS INSPIRED BY THE EALING COMEDIES. Unsurprisingly, A Fish Called Wanda was heavily indebted to the Ealing Comedies, especially Crichton’s own The Lavender Hill Mob, a heist comedy which starred Alec Guinness and Stanley Holloway as a pair of bumbling bank robbers.
- THE ACTORS HELPED SHAPE THEIR CHARACTERS. Cleese encouraged Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, and Jamie Lee Curtis to contribute ideas and help develop their characters.
A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 British-American heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton from a screenplay by John Cleese. It stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin as a gang of diamond thieves who double-cross one another to find stolen diamonds hidden by the gang leader.
At the London flat of Ken an animal lover with a large tank of tropical fish (the large angelfish is named "Wanda", after his flatmate George's sexy American girlfriend) and a nasty stutter, a meeting takes place with himself, the attractive Wanda, her lover George and her "brother" Otto.
Jul 12, 2018 · A Fish Called Wanda was released in the U.S. on July 15 and in the U.K. on October 14, becoming an instant hit on both sides of the Atlantic. It was nominated for three Academy Awards,...
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Play Trailer. A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge, and seafood. Overview. While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he’s not the only one after the collection. Charles Crichton. Director, Story. John Cleese. Writer. Reviews. Discussions. A review by Filipe Manuel Neto.
