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A spiritual sequel, Fierce Creatures, was released in 1997. The British Film Institute ranked A Fish Called Wanda the 39th-greatest British film of the 20th century. [5] Plot. London-based gangster George Thomason plans a jewel heist with his right-hand man, Ken Pile, an animal lover with a stutter.
Jul 29, 1988 · With John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin. 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.
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- Comedy, Crime
- Charles Crichton, John Cleese
- 1988-07-29
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.
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.
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.
In “A Fish Called Wanda,” for example, Michael Palin is desperately in love with a tank of tropical fish, and so Kline, who is equally desperate about discovering the whereabouts of some stolen jewels, eats the fish, one at a time, in an attempt to force Palin to talk.
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Comedy. Crime. Director: Charles Crichton, John Cleese. Release Date: July 15, 1988. Cast: John Cleese, jamie lee curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson. Writers:...
