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- A underrated satirical comedy. A thinking man's (or woman's) comedy. Robin William's brilliantly portrays a man going off the deep end after a traumatic experience, Walter Matthau portrays the most unflappable straight man to william's slightly over the top character, and Jerry Reed's performance as the hit man are a must see.
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“The Survivors” goes for both approaches simultaneously, which is confusing. For example, after a slapstick opening in which Williams is fired by a trained parrot, there’s a scene of social satire set in an unemployment office.
The Survivors is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie. It stars Walter Matthau and Robin Williams, with supporting roles by Jerry Reed, Kristen Vigard and James Wainwright.
When Sonny Paluso's (Walter Matthau) gas station is blown up and Donald Quinelle (Robin Williams) loses his cushy executive job, the two men meet on the unemployment line. Demoralized by how long...
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Jun 8, 2022 · "The Survivors" opens in New York City during the grungy period of the early 1980s. Robin Williams plays Donald Quinelle, an affable but bumbling executive who thinks his career is set, only to report to work and experience being fired by his boss's talking parrot.
But for some unnecessary profanity and occasional crassness, I would have this movie in my library of satire films. Before I give some sample lines of the humor, consider these few situations that spoof the culture of the time.
One of his darkest comedies remains this, THE SURVIVORS, a satire about backwoods militias and gun nuts that somehow arrived 30 years too early. There's terrific stuff in this one but it doesn't quite feel fully…
Sep 10, 2012 · Discover the best of the city, first. When executive Robin Williams is fired by a parrot because his boss cannot cope with confrontations, one has high hopes. And even when Matthau's garage blows...
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