But Caine? How is he a comedian? Enter Dirty Rotten Scoundrels , a slick, hi-brow comedy that is also shamelessly screwball and absurd. Guess which one Caine is. A remake of the Ralph Levy film Bedtime Stories , starring Marlon Brando and David Niven , this update, directed by Frank Oz , was a critical favorite, earning high praise for its direction and performances. And those performances are all about the chemistry, of which there is loads. These men are incredibly funny.
Band Aid Review. Worry Dolls : Review. Blackmailing him, he forces Jamieson into teaming up so Benson can learn to be a pro … and make gobs of money. The woman?
So the two set about to lure her to their own sides, each conniving to sabotage the other. And each are in for a big surprise. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is an often laugh-out-loud funny movie that continually finds ways to spin great humor from the premise, with Caine effortlessly charming and Martin sometimes hysterical.
Either way, this is a film full of great twists … and like every movie, has one great moment. He simply wants nothing more than to have him give up and leave. What could go wrong? Having added Benson to his scheme in an attempt to teach the gruff underling about high culture, Jamieson poses as a wealthy socialite who woos extravagantly rich women with his sophisticated charms, conning them out of money with promises of marriage before introducing them to his brother Ruprecht.
Who is Ruprecht? There is literally nothing I can add to that to make it funnier. The sequence begins with a familiar look as we witness Jamieson con a rich, corrupt woman again, this one from Oklahoma, convincing her to marry him and take him home, and she, believing she is bringing back a heroic prince trying to save his country, agrees. That is until she meets Ruprecht, who utterly overwhelms her with lunacy. Hair slicked down, suit ill-fitting, and shoulders hunched up, Ruperecht is a tightly-wound spring coiled to snap.
Safely unstable, he bangs on pots while prancing about and is also a little indignant, looking to test authority, knocking over breakables with a veil of contempt. Notice what Martin does when he hears that threat though, leaping into the air like a pronking springbok before settling across the room, legs folded. Lawrence's efforts to get Freddy out of his territory are unsuccessful, so when Freddy figures out that Lawrence is a con man like he is, he decides to blackmail Lawrence to work under him to learn the art of the sophisticated and thus earn more lucrative con.
Eventually, Lawrence and Freddy have a difference in how to operate their joint cons, so they issue each other an ultimatum: the person who is able to con a mark out of fifty thousand dollars first will get the French Riviera as their territory, with the other having to leave forever. Who they choose is naive and slightly bumbling American "soap Queen" Janet Colgate, who has just arrived in the area. The nature of how each tries to get the fifty thousand dollars from Janet changes over time, each needing to play off the other's con.
But their focus may change with more information learned about the situation, as well as some external factors they did not anticipate. Nice guys finish last. Meet the winners. Did you know Edit. Trivia The teaser trailer features a sequence which does not appear in the final movie. Freddy Benson and Lawrence Jamieson walk along a boardwalk, politely moving out of the way of other people, et cetera, with a voice saying something like "There are numerous distinguished gentlemen in the world As the last few lines are spoken, Freddy pushes an old lady into the water, and Lawrence shoves a kid's face into his cotton candy.
Director Frank Oz has said that audiences were very surprised to learn that the scene was not part of the finished movie. Goofs Freddy passes himself off as a paralyzed naval officer but is wearing the blue dress uniform of a US Army enlisted man with the rank of corporal. The sailors that help Freddy would have picked up on that. However, the two sailors are not American, so it is possible that they are not familiar with the uniforms of foreign services.
Quotes [Sitting at the dinner table] Freddy Benson : Excuse me. Crazy credits While the names of Stanley Shapiro and Paul Henning appear in the credits as two of this film's three writers, they are actually there just to credit their script for Bedtime Story , of which this is a remake.
User reviews Review. Top review. Just as funny as I first time saw the film. I never get tired watch this funny film. Michael Caine and Steve Martin are good together as cons trying to compete with each other.
Glenne Headly plays the woman they compete for a challenge. Wondering who is conning who at the end. I must of watch this film a dozen of times on TV, but it is fresh and funny to see it again. FAQ 3. What is the name of the song being played in the disco?
Details Edit. Release date December 14, United States. United States. English French. Orion Pictures. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 50 minutes. Dolby SR. Related news. Jun 17 The Wrap.
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