Dick
starring: Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, Dan Hedaya, Will Ferrell, Bruce McCulloch
directed by: Andrew Fleming
directed by: Andrew Fleming
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767837194
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767837193
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 14, 1999
Running Time: 94 minutes
Sales Rank: 11556
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: August 04, 1999
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Two clueless teenagers bring down a potty-mouthed president. Special features: digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video production notes interactive menus director and screenwriter commentary deleted scenes blooper reel isolated music soundtrack with highlights talent files and much more. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 03/06/2007 Starring: Kirsten Dunst Dan Hedaya Run time: 94 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Andrew Fleming
Amazon.com:
So who exactly was Deep Throat, that all-important source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein bust open the Watergate scandal? Well, according to this thoroughly funny, keenly smart comedy from director Andrew Fleming (The Craft), it was two sweetly daft teenage girls named Betsy and Arlene. Taking the history and figures from Watergate and running gleefully and sacrilegiously amok, Dick offers up a hilarious what-if scenario that takes the Nixon administration's downfall from grave tragedy to hilarious farce. When Betsy (Kirsten Dunst) and Arlene (Michelle Williams) run into a shady figure in the stairwell of Arlene's Watergate apartment building, little do they know they've stumbled upon G. Gordon Liddy (Harry Shearer) on the night of the Democratic National Headquarters break-in. Later, on a White House field trip, they wind up meeting with Nixon himself (Dan Hedaya), who, to ensure their silence, decides to make them official White House dog walkers and 'secret youth advisors.' Of course, Betsy and Arlene soon find out their idol has feet of clay, and ultimately decide to aid 'radical muckraking journalists' (and queasy rivals) Woodward (Will Ferrell) and Bernstein (Bruce McCullough) in their investigation. Fleming and cowriter Sheryl Longin's enfolding of the Watergate scandal is extremely clever and inspired, from Arlene's 18-and-a-half-minute declaration of love on Nixon's tape recorder to the Hello Dolly cookies (laced with a certain herbal stimulant) that help bring about the U.S.-Soviet accord. And after all the angsty-serious portraits of Watergate, it's bliss to see the prime players sent up mercilessly; in addition to Shearer, the cast boasts Dave Foley (Erlichman), Jim Breuer (John Dean), Saul Rubinek (Kissinger), and Ana Gasteyer (Rosemary Woods), all in fine form. Hedaya's Nixon, dead-on but never parodic, is an Oscar-worthy comic turn, and Dunst and Williams invest their characters with affection and humor; the success of the film lies in the way these talented actresses make us laugh with Betsy and Arlene, never at them. Don't be put off by the teen sheen on this comedy--it's also for all of us who still remember Watergate even after 25 years, and still love dancing on the scandal's grave. --Mark Englehart
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- Hilarious Take on A Serious Time in HistoryI was in 7th grade when this movie came out. My mom and I rented it from Blockbuster to watch it together, ... Read More
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- Great tongue-in-cheek history lesson and walk down memory lane! This movie provides a possible (if not plausible) explanation for the source of the Watergate scandal's "Deep ... Read More
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- DickA hilarious, strictly satirical take on the Nixon White House, "Dick" follows the inspired notion that two young ... Read More
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- Historic HilarityThis movie is genius!! It should be a companion piece to "All The President's Men." The fact the writers used actual ... Read More
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