Word: megabudget
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...missing is an animating cohesion that would keep the actors from looking stranded in two different movies. In his singing and dancing debut, Martin goes through paces with the game energy of Dr. Johnson's dog, and the other stars seem weighed down by the movie's megabudget. Only Vernel Bagneris-with his dusky sensitivity and a body that moves through his soft-shoe number like a Slinky on an escalator-develops a strong personality. Visually too Pennies is of two minds: Ken Adam's precisely gaudy sets need megawatt illumination, but Cinematographer Gordon Willis keeps most...