Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Summary
Comedy filmed on the Riviera, it's the story of two con men who compete to see who can extract $50,000 from a woman first. The victim is a naive American heiress, and the competition between the two men, one a suave and sophisticated Englishman and the other a bumbling but appealing American, heats... Full description
Summary: |
Comedy filmed on the Riviera, it's the story of two con men who compete to see who can extract $50,000 from a woman first. The victim is a naive American heiress, and the competition between the two men, one a suave and sophisticated Englishman and the other a bumbling but appealing American, heats up! |
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Item Description: |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1988. MGM DVD. Special features: audio commentary with director, Frank Oz; behind-the-scenes featurette ; teaser trailer; original theatrical trailer. |
Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: |
DVD, NTSC, region 1; 16:9 widescreen, 1.85:1, enhanced for widescreen TVs. |
Audience: |
Rated PG. |
Production Credits: |
Music by Miles Goodman ; edited by Stephen A. Rotter and William Scharf ; director of photography, Michael Ballhaus. |
ISBN: |
0792851536 9780792851530 |
Author Notes: |
He has written several books including Shopgirl, Cruel Shoes, Pure Drivel, The Pleasure of My Company, and An Object of Beauty. He also wrote a play entitled Picasso at the Lapin Agile and a memoir entitled Born Standing Up. During the 1990s, he wrote various pieces for The New Yorker. In 2002, he adapted the Carl Sternheim play The Underpants, which ran Off-Broadway at Classic Stage Company and in 2008, co-wrote and produced Traitor. In 2013 he published a memoir entitled Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life. This book tells the story of his beginnings as a magician and comedian at a young age and follows through his career lifetime. (Bowker Author Biography) |