Life Stinks
Director: Mel Brooks; Stars: Lesley Ann Warren; Release Date: February 18, 2003 |
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Life Stinks - LIFE STINKS is the very funny, at times touching, and pointed commentary on greed, deceit, and human dignity. Director Mel Brooks stars as Goddard Bolt, a billionaire developer who is challenged by business rival Vance Crasswell (Jeffrey Tambor) to live on the streets without money for one month among the homeless both men are trying to further displace by building on the property that is their only home. Goddard is forced to dance for his money, avoid turf wars, develop survival tactics, live in a cardboard box, and more. But along the way, he makes valuable friends among the street people who teach him that life is not about owning material items but about the integrity of the human spirit. One of these is bag lady Molly (Lesley Ann Warren), who, in one of the most inspired moments of the film, dances with Goddard in a dilapidated building to the strains of Cole Porter's "Easy to Love." It is humanistic moments such as this one that makes what could have been a silly movie into a film more reminiscent ...
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Key Information |
| Directors | Mel Brooks |
| Stars | Lesley Ann Warren |
| Actors | Jeffrey Tambor |
| Genre | Comedies |
| Subgenre | Switching Roles • Come |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) |
| Available Formats | DVD: Widescreen & Full Frame |
| UPC | 027616231437 |
| Release Date | 1991 |
| Running Time | 1hr 33min |
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Languages |
| Original Language | English |
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DVD Editions |
| DVD Editions | DVD: Widescreen & Full Frame1hr 35min20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentFebruary 18, 2003PG-13 (MPAA)027616883285 |
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VHS Editions |
| VHS Editions | VHS1hr 33min20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentJanuary 01, 1992PG-13 (MPAA)027616231437Sound Features: Surround, Stereo, CX Encoding |
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Credits |
| Screenwriter | Rudy DeLuca |
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Quotes from the Movie |
| Quotes from the Movie | "Just call me God for short."--Goddard (Mel Brooks), to himself |
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