Liza minnelli plays such a selfish harpy in lucky lady that its easy to see why this film won her no new admirers. Distribuida por twentieth century fox film corporation. Liza minnelli sings lucky lady and while the getting is good, both of which were written for this movie. Fans of 1972s cabaret were already softened to love minnelli no matter what, but here director stanley donen seems intent on making lizas character claire as brittle and abrasive as possible. A major, high profile commercial flop at the time of its release, lucky lady is not quite as bad as the critics claimed at the time but thats about the best thing that can be said of it. Lucky lady 1975 kibby womack gene hackman and walker ellis burt reynolds are two best friends, riding high during prohibition as the overseers of a major underground liquor distributor. Lucky lady is a 1975 american comedydrama film directed by stanley donen and starring gene hackman, liza minnelli, and burt reynolds, with robby. Hear classic music from lucky lady, 1975, directed by stanley donen, with gene hackman, liza minnelli, burt reynolds, at tcm. Staring burt reynolds, liza minnelli and gene hackman. Stanley donens lucky lady is a big, expensive, goodlooking flop of a movie. Gene hackman, burt reynolds, and liza minnelli in lucky lady 1975. Liza minnelli get while the getting is good from lucky. The biggest problem is the screenplay, which is unfocused and veers wildly in terms of tone at times low comedy and slapstick, at others too deadly serious and sometimes too violent, in the context of. A trio of rumrunners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menageatrios after business hours.
The carol burnett show official recommended for you. Hustle is a 1975 american neonoir crime film directed by robert aldrich and starring burt reynolds and catherine deneuve. Twelve years after this movie was made, reynolds played a cop and minnelli a callgirl, in rentacop. Its a star vehicle, but the stars dont really get to do their stuff. Lucky lady is the story of an unlikely menage a trois between two rumrunners, hackman and reynolds, and nightclub singer minnelli. A 1977 excerpt from the beloved syndicated series thats hollywood, narrated by the late tom bosley on which the original and considerably more grim ending for director stanely donens 1975. Hi does anyone please have a copy of the film lucky lady made in 1975 with liza minnelli and burt reynolds. When the men meet singer claire liza minnelli, who tells them she can get their product into hundreds of establishments, they go into business with her.
Lucky lady is a 1975 american comedydrama film directed. The first 45 minutes or so of lucky lady only serve to underscore my long held belief that the vast majority of films set on the open water tend to be, to borrow a phrase from the late robin williams, more boring than whale s. In movie movie 1978 donen and a cast that included george c. Lucky lady is the story of an unlikely menage a trois between two rumrunners, hackman and.
Lucky lady pg 1h 58min comedy, crime, drama 25 december 1975 usa a trio of rumrunners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menageatrois after business hours. The trio must elude both the us coast guard and organised crime in their efforts to stay in business. Lucky lady is a 1975 american film directed by stanley donen and starring gene hackman, liza minnelli and burt reynolds, with robby. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Its an adventure story in which we cant accept most of the characters and dont care. Gene hackman, liza minnelli, burt reynolds, geoffrey lewis, john hillerman, robby benson, michael hordern, anthony holland, john mcliam, val avery, louis guss, william bassett, janit baldwin, marjorie battles, roger cudney et joe estevez. Gene hackman, burt reynolds, robby benson, and liza minnelli in lucky lady 1975. They make their living by running booze across the mexican border. Things hit a snag, though, when a love triangle develops between. Burt reynolds and gene hackman, onset of the film, lucky lady, 1975. The interrogator from the carol burnett show full sketch duration.
Choose a file optional file must be type of jpeg png gif and size limit is 20mb. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. In retrospect, it was a gruelling film to make, one of the toughest. Kibby womack gene hackman and walker ellis burt reynolds are two best friends, riding high during prohibition as the overseers of a major underground liquor distributor. Overview of lucky lady, 1975, directed by stanley donen, with gene hackman, liza minnelli, burt reynolds, at turner classic movies. Lucky lady 1975 end credit sequence designed by dan perri. Liza minnelli get while the getting is good from lucky lady 1975 duration.
Its a period piece, but most of the time the period is either unnecessary or unbelievable. Burt reynolds and liza minnelli star in this 1975 movie. Lucky lady is a film directed by stanley donen with liza minnelli, gene hackman, burt reynolds, geoffrey lewis, year. Its story takes place in 1930 during prohibition in the united states. Lucky lady is a 1975 american comedydrama film directed by stanley donen and starring gene hackman, liza minnelli, and burt reynolds, with robby benson. Lucky lady 1975 stanley donen, gene hackman, liza minnelli, burt reynolds, comedy, drama march 16, 2016 a trio of rumrunners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menageatrios after business hours. Actrices et acteurs les aventuriers du lucky lady 1975 les aventuriers du lucky lady, casting du film. Things perk up a bit in the second act, when our trio. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. I enjoyed watching and listening to one man, who laughed like roaring thunder all through the film. Period comedy concerned with the professional and amorous alliance among three rum runners just before the end of prohibition. In one of the four movies that reynolds made in 1975, hustle 1975, he played a cop starring opposite catherine deneuve, who played a callgirl.