I love Foul Play because as it is a brilliant little Comedy Mystery Adventure that uses every availible elemnts to make itself work. The casting is spot on. As the female lead we have the never sexier bubblier or cookier Goldie Hawn as our heroine. There is just something about Hawn that we are able to project ourselves into her bumbling predicaments. Hawn is at a carrer high ponit with this film wich is one of her finest. There is also Chevy Chase as the dorky inevitable love interest who works so fantastic with Hawn and the two make a fantastic double act. On the support front there is also the ever green ever reliable and loveable Burgess Meredith, fresh from success with Rocky under his belt, and Brian Denehey who shows up as a kind of Cheif Wiggum from the Simpsons Police officer.
The best of the support players is Dudley Moore. Moore plays Stanley Tibbetts, an accident sittuation prone English Orchestra conducter living in San Francisco. Dudley's chemistry with Goldie is so rich that he very nearly acts Goldie off the screen. The movies funniest moments involve Dudley as sex mad Stanley. The first being were Goldie asks him to take her home. Mistaking this as a once in a life time call for a one night stand, Stanley dances around in his under wear to the strains of the BeeGees Staying Alive, sex toys at the ready and blow up dolls in mid flight and Porno films in mid climax - all while Goldie isn't watching. You can imagine her shock and horror when she turns around! Goldie later encounters Dudley at a massage parlour, much to his anxiety. This role is very typical of the confidence in Dudley Moore at the time (1978), and he is as every bit as good in this small part as he was in the likes of 10 and Arthur and very worthy of his Golden Globe for best newcomer.
Foul Play is an affectionate send up of Murder mysteries and crime capers and as an adventure comedy movie it has every thing. Car chases, albino eyed villains, intrigue a great musical score and lavish direction from writer director Colin Higgins.
A Must see 10/10
The best of the support players is Dudley Moore. Moore plays Stanley Tibbetts, an accident sittuation prone English Orchestra conducter living in San Francisco. Dudley's chemistry with Goldie is so rich that he very nearly acts Goldie off the screen. The movies funniest moments involve Dudley as sex mad Stanley. The first being were Goldie asks him to take her home. Mistaking this as a once in a life time call for a one night stand, Stanley dances around in his under wear to the strains of the BeeGees Staying Alive, sex toys at the ready and blow up dolls in mid flight and Porno films in mid climax - all while Goldie isn't watching. You can imagine her shock and horror when she turns around! Goldie later encounters Dudley at a massage parlour, much to his anxiety. This role is very typical of the confidence in Dudley Moore at the time (1978), and he is as every bit as good in this small part as he was in the likes of 10 and Arthur and very worthy of his Golden Globe for best newcomer.
Foul Play is an affectionate send up of Murder mysteries and crime capers and as an adventure comedy movie it has every thing. Car chases, albino eyed villains, intrigue a great musical score and lavish direction from writer director Colin Higgins.
A Must see 10/10