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Down and Out in Beverly Hills is an updated remake of the 1932 Jean Renoir film Boudu Saved From Drowning. Philandering businessman Dave Whiteman (Richard Dreyfuss) rescues scraggly tramp Jerry Baskin (Nick Nolte) from drowning himself in Dave's swimming pool. Much against his will, Jerry is invited to enjoy the hospitality of Dave, his social-climbing wife, Barbara (Bette Midler), and their sexually ambivalent son, Max (Evan Richards). The hapless hobo bonds only with the family dog, Matisse, which fascinates Barbara to the point that she's willing to share her bed (and a few other things) with him. Dave is twice cuckolded when Jerry makes out with the maid (Elizabeth Peña), with whom he has been carrying on a torrid -- and noisy -- affair. He plans to wreak revenge on the tramp, but several plot twists result in Dave and Jerry becoming bosom companions. Little Richard appears as the family's easily irritated next-door neighbor. Down and Out in Beverly Hills was the R-rated film that compelled Disney to create its adult-oriented Touchstone Films division. The property was later cleaned up for TV consumption and converted into a short-lived Fox-network sitcom. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo
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1. Opening Titles/Thanksgiving [14:17]
2. Trouble At The Whiteman House [6:44]
3. An Act Of Heroism [11:51]
4. Houseguest [13:10]
5. Dog Psychiatry [5:59]
6. A Day At The Beach [7:42]
7. Total Release [2:31]
8. Jerry Says... [10:36]
9. New Years Party [13:20]
10. Family/End Credits [8:53]
Art Director - Todd Hallowell
Cinematographer - Donald M. McAlpine
Composer (Music Score) - Andy Summers
Costume Designer - Albert Wolsky
Makeup - Bob Mills
Play Author - Rene Fauchois
Production Designer - Pato Guzman
Short Story Author - Rene Fauchois
Special Effects - Ken Speed
Renoir's Boudu Saved From Drowning is the ostensible source of Paul Mazursky's hilarious satire of Beverly Hills affluence, but it seems much more like a comic version of Pasolini's "Teorema". The story centers on Jerry (Nick Nolte), a homeless man who is prevented from drowning himself in a Beverly Hills swimming pool by its owner, Dave Richard Dreyfuss. Dave takes in the stranger, and it soon appears that Jerry is the answer to every family member's prayers. Mazursky's dissection of upper-crust anomie is surprisingly good-natured, suggesting that those in its grip are far worse off than a bum. Nolte's bewilderment at his hosts' embrace is quickly replaced by an instinctive sense of exactly how he fits into their lives, but Dreyfuss steals the movie as a man whose boredom with his lucrative business makes him comically grateful for this new diversion. Bette Midler also has an amusing turn as a shopper of world-class talents. ~ Michael Costello, Rovi
Bette Midler : Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy - Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1986
