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{{shortShort description|1986 filmComedy by John Cassavetes}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Big Trouble
| image = Big Trouble (1986 film).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[John Cassavetes]]
| writer = [[Andrew Bergman|Warren Bogle]]
| starringproducer = {{PlainMike list |Lobell
| starring = {{Plain list |
* [[Peter Falk]]
* [[Alan Arkin]]
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* [[Charles Durning]]
}}
| music = [[Bill Conti]]
| cinematography = [[Bill Butler (cinematographer)|Bill Butler]]
| editing = [[Donn Cambern]]<br />[[Ralph E. Winters]]
| studio = [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|Delphi III Productions]]
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1986|05|30}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
'''''Big Trouble''''' is a 1986 American [[comedy film]]. Itand was director [[John Cassavetes]]'the last film. Hefor took over from screenwriterdirector [[AndrewJohn BergmanCassavetes]] (who was going to direct). The cast reunitedreunites [[Peter Falk]] and [[Alan Arkin]], co-stars of ''[[The In-Laws (1979 film)|The In-Laws]]'', and also featuredfeatures [[Beverly D'Angelo]], [[Charles Durning]] and [[Valerie Curtin]].
 
The film's plot wasis so similar to that of ''[[Double Indemnity]]'' that, prior to production, [[Columbia Pictures]] hadrequested to askthat [[Universal Pictures]] (rightsholder for the Paramount film ''Double Indemnity'') forgrant a license to reuse the plot of the earlier film. Universal executive [[Frank Price]], who had previously worked at Columbia, was aware that the other studioColumbia was holding onto a script called ''[[Back to the Future]]'' and made a deal to take ownership of the script from Columbia at this time.<ref name=fleming>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/back-to-the-future-frank-price-rescued-robert-zemeckis-classic-1201590119/ |title=Blast From The Past On 'Back To The Future': How Frank Price Rescued Robert Zemeckis' Classic From Obscurity |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Mike Jr. |last=Fleming Jr. |date=October 21, 2015 |access-date=October 22, 2015}}</ref>
 
==Plot==
Leonard Hoffman is a Los Angeles insurance agent with a problem on his hands. He has teenage triplets who are all gifted musicians, but wife Arlene insists that the kids attend college at [[Yale University|Yale]], requiring more than $40,000 in tuition, rather than less expensive schools like nearby [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]].
 
This situation is on Leonard's mind when he pays a business call to the [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] mansion of Steve and Blanche Rickey. He is met by a flirtatious and scantily clad Blanche, who explains a problem of her own: Steve is dying, with less than a week to live, but accidentally let his life insurance policy lapse.
 
A scheme is hatched involving a policy with a double-indemnity clause. Steve has to die in an unexpected fashion for this to happen, but he may or may not cooperate.
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* Jerry Pavlon as Michael Hoffman
* Paul La Greca as Joshua Hoffman
* [[John P. Finnegan (actor)|John Finnegan]] as Det. Murphy
* [[Karl Lukas]] as Police Captain
* [[Maryedith Burrell]] as Gail
* Edith Fields as Doris
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==Reception==
"That[[Andrew Bergman]] wrote the original screenplay and was aslated messto direct before Cassavetes was hired. Cassavetes disliked the film and called it "the aptly titled 'Big Trouble,'" saidas Andrewthe Bergmanstudio vetoed many of his decisions and he disagreed with the manner in which the studio edited the film. Bergman said: "That was a mess. I never fixed the ending, and that was the problem. You’ve got to have it when you get it on the floor. You can’t say, ‘Later'Later, we’ll get it straight.’' It’s true in every medium. You’ve got to hit the ground running, and we didn’t. I never had the ending straight.".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/2015/01/09/andrew-bergman-on-writing-blazing-saddles-striptease-honeymoon-in-vegas-and-more/ |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |title=Andrew Bergman on writing 'Blazing Saddles,' 'Striptease,' 'Honeymoon in Vegas' and more|first=Marc|last=Snetiker|date=9 January 2015}}</ref> As a result, Bergman requested to be billed as Warren Bogle on the finished film.▼
Cassavetes himself disliked the film, which he took over during filming from Andrew Bergman, who wrote the original screenplay. Cassavetes came to refer to the film as "The aptly titled 'Big Trouble,'" since the studio vetoed many of his decisions for the film and eventually edited most of it in a way with which Cassavetes disagreed.[15]
▲"That was a mess," said Andrew Bergman. "I never fixed the ending, and that was the problem. You’ve got to have it when you get it on the floor. You can’t say, ‘Later, we’ll get it straight.’ It’s true in every medium. You’ve got to hit the ground running, and we didn’t. I never had the ending straight."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/2015/01/09/andrew-bergman-on-writing-blazing-saddles-striptease-honeymoon-in-vegas-and-more/ |website=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |title=Andrew Bergman on writing 'Blazing Saddles,' 'Striptease,' 'Honeymoon in Vegas' and more|first=Marc|last=Snetiker|date=9 January 2015}}</ref>
 
OnThe film had polarizing response; on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has ana approval"Rotten" rating of 17% based on 6 reviews, fromwith 6an criticsaverage rating of 4.8/10.<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web |title=Big Trouble (1986) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/big_trouble |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=2021-01-01 }}</ref> On the other hand, on [[Metacritic]], the film has a rating of 70 out of 100 based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|title=Big Trouble (1986)|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/big-trouble-1986|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=20 June 2022}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1986 films]]
[[Category:1986 comedy films]]
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[[Category:American comedy films]]
[[Category:Columbia Pictures films]]
[[Category:1980s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bill Conti]]
[[Category:Films directed by John Cassavetes]]
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