So how could it have turned out so awful? How can you have Kline and Keitel, Steiger and Sarandon, Aiello, Rickman, Mastrantonio, and yet produce such a stinker?
Start with an awful script. 1,000 monkeys couldn't have done worse.
From there, proceed to unbelievably bad direction.
I kept waiting for it to get funny, since it was never going to get serious. It was never going to make sense. But the comedic talents of many of the cast were wasted as well.
I thought the actors might revolt, mid filming. I mean, after all, why have your name associated with this kind of a stinker? I kept thinking of "The Producers." The producers of this lemon must have sold 1,000% of the movie, right? They needed to have it go straight down the toilet so they could pocket the investors' money without having to account for it. There would be no "Springtime with Hitler" to save the day.
But Norman Jewison produced this. He's made a dozen great movies!
This doesn't belong in the vault at MGM. It belongs in a crypt at Forest Lawn. With a stake through its heart.
Start with an awful script. 1,000 monkeys couldn't have done worse.
From there, proceed to unbelievably bad direction.
I kept waiting for it to get funny, since it was never going to get serious. It was never going to make sense. But the comedic talents of many of the cast were wasted as well.
I thought the actors might revolt, mid filming. I mean, after all, why have your name associated with this kind of a stinker? I kept thinking of "The Producers." The producers of this lemon must have sold 1,000% of the movie, right? They needed to have it go straight down the toilet so they could pocket the investors' money without having to account for it. There would be no "Springtime with Hitler" to save the day.
But Norman Jewison produced this. He's made a dozen great movies!
This doesn't belong in the vault at MGM. It belongs in a crypt at Forest Lawn. With a stake through its heart.