Big Trouble (1986 film): Difference between revisions

| name = Big Trouble

| image = Big Trouble (1986 film).jpg

| image_sizealt = 215px

| starring = {{Plain list |
* [[Peter Falk]]<br
* />[[Alan Arkin]]<br
* />[[Beverly D'Angelo]]<br
* />[[Charles Durning]]

| music = [[Bill Conti]]

| 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]]'sthe 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 (film)|Double Indemnity]]'' that, prior to production, [[Columbia Pictures]] wasrequested forcedthat [[Universal Pictures]] (rightsholder for the Paramount film ''Double Indemnity'') grant a license to tradereuse the ownershipplot of theirthe earlier film. Universal executive [[Frank Price]], who had previously worked at Columbia, was aware that Columbia was holding onto unuseda script called ''[[Back to the Future]]'' withand [[Universalmade Pictures]]a (rights-holder for ''Double Indemnity'')deal to reusetake the plotownership of the earlier filmscript.<ref name=fleming>{{cite news|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike|title=Blast from the past on "Back to theweb Future"|url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/back-to-the-future-frank-price-rescued-robert-zemeckis-classic-1201590119/ |accessdatetitle=22Blast OctoberFrom The Past On 'Back To The Future': How Frank Price Rescued Robert Zemeckis' Classic From Obscurity 2015|publisherwork=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |first=Mike Jr.com |last=Fleming |date=October 21, 2015 |access-date=October 22, 2015}}</ref>

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—Steveown: Steve is dying, with less than a week to live, but accidentally let his life- insurance policy lapse.

* [[Steve Alterman]] as Peter Hoffman

* [[Jerry Pavlon]] as Michael Hoffman

* [[Paul La Greca]] as Joshua Hoffman

* [[John P. Finnegan (actor)|John Finnegan]] as Det. Murphy

* [[Karl Lukas]] as Police captainCaptain

* [[Edith Fields]] as Doris

"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.

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[[Category:1980s1986 comedy films]]

[[Category:1980s English-language films]]

[[Category:FilmFilms scoresscored by Bill Conti]]

[[Category:Films1980s shotAmerican in Arizonafilms]]