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| SPEECHLESS (1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The sparks fly when Kevin and Julia meet over the last box of Nytol in an all-night convenience store, but these two have more in common than insomnia. Both political speechwriters, they are unaware that they share the same profession...and work for opposing candidates. When they discover the truth, romance gives way to rivalry as they engage in an escalating and hilarious match of one-upmanship. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Keaton (Kevin), Geena Davis (Julia), Christopher Reeve (Bob "Bagdad" Freed), Bonnie Bedelia (Annette), Ernie Hudson (Ventura), Charles Martin Smith (Krantz), Gailard Sartain (Cutler), Ray Baker (Garvin), Mitch Ryan (Wannamaker), Willie Garson (Dick), Paul Lazar (Harry), Richard Poe (Tom), Harry Shearer (Chuck), Steven Wright (Eddie), Jodi Carlisle (Doris Wind), Cynthia Mace (Michelle Kortz), Steven Gonzales (Jim Rodriguez), Rob LaBelle (Security Guard). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A COMEDY BEYOND WORDS. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RELEASE DATE: December 16th, 1994 (USA) | DIRECTOR: Ron Underwood. WRITER: Robert King. PRODUCERS: Renny Harlin and Geena Davis. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Terry Miller. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Harry Colomby. LINE PRODUCER: Mary Kane. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Marc Shaiman. DISTRIBUTOR: MGM/UA |
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| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $3.9 million (USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $20.5 million (USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "Cheerful, contemporary comedy, with amusing digs to politics and the news media. How well you tolerate the ups and downs of the script and its protracted climax will depend on your fondness for the two stars: Their engaging personalities carry the film." -- Leonard Maltin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Julia: My old boyfriend had a tattoo, on the inside of his lip. Wanna guess what it said? Kevin: Uh, "How am I driving? Call 1-800" and then a number? Did he have a really big lip? Was it Mick Jagger? |
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| "It's just too bad that the director, Ron Underwood, didn't find a way to use more of the offbeat, eccentric character mannerisms that made his earlier films so much better than their genres. Here the level of humor is dialed safely down to the Sitcom setting, which limits what can happen, and how much we can care about it." -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Julia: Shall we speak the unspoken language of love? Kevin: You mean the kind only dogs can hear? Julia: Yes, the very same. |
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