Down and Out in Beverly Hills
- Original title
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills
- Year
- 1986
- Running time
- 102 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Nick Nolte
- Bette Midler
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Little Richard
- Tracy Nelson
- Elizabeth Peña
- Evan Richards
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy | Remake
- Synopsis
- This hilarious Hollywood retelling of the classic Jean Renoir French farce Boudu Saved from Drowning emerges as a wry commentary on society's excess and has distinguished itself as an instant classic. Paul Mazursky (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice) directs and Nick Nolte (Cape Fear, The Prince of Tides) stars as a vagrant who decides to kill himself by jumping into the swimming pool of rich wire-hanger magnate Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws, The Goodbye Girl). Dreyfuss takes the bum into his dysfunctional home and soon Nolte and his murky past are causing everyone, from Dreyfuss's wife (Bette Midler) to his maid and mistress (Elizabeth Peña) to reexamine their own lives. Featuring a neurotic dog, an anorexic daughter, a sexually confused son, and Little Richard as a neighbor, this riotous household and its strange yet sympathetic inhabitants are the ingredients for one of the freshest, funniest comedies in years.
- Awards
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1986: Golden Globes: 2 Nominations including Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical1986: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay1986: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Cinematography.
- Critics' reviews
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"What's funny is director Mazursky's extraordinarily fine eye and ear for capturing the way the wealthy residents of Beverly Hills walk, talk, dress and think."
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"As a comedy of manners it has a dependably keen aim, with its most wicked barbs leavened by Mr. Mazursky's obvious fondness for his characters."
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"Peppy and pleasurable, this is one of the most sheerly beautiful comedies ever shot"
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"Once you overlook the laborious contrivance of Jerry's background, Down and Out in Beverly Hills is a sharp, sweet comedy of affluent manners."
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