tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post7018779440274535877..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Unsung!: Quick ChangePatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-23893102050762486982013-10-16T04:17:36.321-05:002013-10-16T04:17:36.321-05:00My favorite comedy of all time. I realized recentl...My favorite comedy of all time. I realized recently that this movie has affected my worldview so much. I've never been to New York, but I imagine it would be this. I see city works as potentially "fur-bearing" and I spent my teenage years answering the phone "Mom?!" It really is the simple lines, like the old-man-security-guard saying "how hot does this baby burn?" and Bill Murray "appreciating" his watch "more and more each day." Such masterful (yet subtle) word play make the screaming of Randy Quaid "It's RRRED!!" just as brilliant. I just found out there's a French version from 1985 called "Hold up"! Who knew?! I am crying on the inside.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-18100260929225812892012-08-14T08:56:23.317-05:002012-08-14T08:56:23.317-05:00JB, I just fell in lurve with you all over again. ...JB, I just fell in lurve with you all over again. I love Quick Change (and J Godsey is right about Jay Cronley, Funny Farm in particular is a very funny book). Very fun movie, with a ton of standout character actors delivering great work. Nobody does this to Mrs. Russ Crane!JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17867827164062216789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-40095723428509203052012-08-14T07:22:36.209-05:002012-08-14T07:22:36.209-05:00Quick Change is based on a very funny novel by one...Quick Change is based on a very funny novel by one of my favorite authors Jay Cronley...the man only wrote 4 books in his life...Quick Change, Funny Farm...yes THAT Funny Farm (with Chevy Chase) and Let it Ride (with Richard Dreyfuss) and Cheap Shot. In fact Quick Change was made earlier in Canada as Hold Up (1985) with jean Paul Belmondo as Grimm. I think that Let It Ride is the superior movie, because it has a magical realism aspect to it..not Groundhog Day but up there with it. I haven't seen the French adaptation of Cheap Shot..but it doesn't smell like it's in the same venue as the earlier movies..the book isn't, it wasn't even picked up by a major publisher..i suspect the author was written OUT after three great books in a such a short time. JGodseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599896177675311222noreply@blogger.com