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First of all, there are the stars: Dan Aykroyd and Walter Matthau. Even in the good old days of Saturday Night Live Aykroyd never deserved more praise than, say, Laraine Newman: now that he's bloated, old, and pompous, one wonders why they bothered to drag him out of retirement. And Matthau should never have left...
...plot, an amalgamation of stupidity and social irresponsibility, concerns an escaped mental patient, John Burns (Aykroyd), who assumes the identity of his psychiatrist and becomes a highly successful LA radio personality. Along the way he befriends a wacky homeless guy (Walter Matthau) and together they connive to outwit the sharpies a couple...
...fifth place in 1985. American Sports Data, a market-research firm in Hartsdale, N.Y., estimates that there are about 25 million serious walkers of all strides, compared with 13 million runners in 1983, the jogging peak. Actresses Cybill Shepherd and Shelley Hack walk. So do Bob Hope and Walter Matthau. To certify the trend, Jane Fonda will be out next month with two training cassettes -- for the Walkman, naturally...
Even on dry land his scowl could sink a ship. So Walter Matthau had no trouble at all swashbuckling himself into the character of the peg-legged Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red in Roman Polanski's Pirates. The idea of making a period film appealed to him because "I get to act instead of just being Walter Matthau." But apart from the acting, it has not been a barrel of yo- ho-hos. His beard itched for the first five months, dragging around in his 30-lb. costume has been a drudge, and the wooden leg is not exactly comfortable. Filming...
This is the story of how a glumly harassed studio executive (Walter Matthau), a clinically depressed screenwriter (Charles Grodin) and a frenetic director (Bill Macy) try earnestly to make a movie that "says something" true and < beautiful about love and sex. Since this is exactly the kind of project no one wants anymore, the trio finally fails. Having hung around Hollywood and learned a few things, all three actors offer well-observed and rather sympathetic portrayals of these familiar types. Actor-Producer Grodin's script is anecdotally acute but a little unfocused, and it is not especially well served...