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- On the other hand, you can bring the detective up to date. That’s what “The Big Fix” does, with its divorced hero who solves cases while baby-sitting for his two kids, and who is referring to Berkeley in 1963 when he talks about delving into the past.
www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-big-fix-1978The Big Fix movie review & film summary (1978) - Roger Ebert
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The Big Fix is a 1978 American political comedy thriller film directed by Jeremy Kagan and based on the novel by Roger L. Simon, who dramatized his own novel for the screen. [1][2] It stars Richard Dreyfuss as private detective Moses Wine and co-stars Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow, and F. Murray Abraham. [2] Plot.
May 20, 2019 · He gave another good turn in "The Big Fix", a 1978 updating of the traditional film noir detective movie set in contemporary times. The lighthearted thriller finds Dreyfuss cast as private dick Moses Wine (we love the name!).
The Big Fix: Directed by Jeremy Kagan. With Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Anspach, Bonnie Bedelia, John Lithgow. An ex-'60s radical now working as a private eye is hired by an old flame to investigate a political smear campaign. The case becomes more dangerous as it unfolds.
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- Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
- Jeremy Kagan
- Synopsis
- Picture 6/10
- Audio 7/10
- Extras 6/10
- Closing
Richard Dreyfuss, riding high on the success of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Goodbye Girl (for which he won an Oscar), produced and starred in this quirky 1978 comedy-thriller, adapted from Roger L Simon’s cult novel. Playing Moses Wine, a sixties’ radical-turned-private eye, Dreyfuss is ably supported by a wealth of soon-to-be-famous...
Jeremy Paul Kagan's The Big Fix makes its region Bdebut on Blu-ray from Indicator, presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on a dual-layer disc. The picture has been encoded at 1080p/24hz. Indicator is using a master supplied to them by Universal and it's a very dated one that also shows signs of artificial sharpening. Detail levels do end...
Surprisingly the lossless PCM 1.0 monaural soundtrack has some power behind it. Dialogue is sharp and clean, and Conti's score shows off some impressive highs and lows. I didn't notice any heavy damage, and the audio doesn't sound to be filtered. It sounds pretty good.
Indicator attempts to put together a decent little special edition for the film, though the results come out a bit mixed thanks primarily to the included audio commentary featuring David Jenkins, editor for Little White Lies Magazine. I feel Jenkins is doing his best to keep things engaging and informative but there is only so much that can probabl...
I feel as though the intent of this release was to shine the light on a film that has otherwise been forgotten and/or overlooked, but the features are hampered by the fact there just isn't all that much to say about the film. Kagan's interview is fun, and the booklet is up to Indicator's usual standards, but the commentary feels to exist just to pa...
Apr 18, 2008 · The Big Fix is a fundamentally different detective movie. While there are some elements updating it to time period, a lot of it is still a detective investigating in LA, meeting all sorts of people all around town and so on.
Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results. Remove Ads. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
