Good Times (film)
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 Original theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | William Friedkin |
| Produced by | Steve Broidy Lindsley Parsons |
| Written by | Tony Barrett Nicholas Hymas |
| Starring | Sonny Bono Cher George Sanders Norman Alden Larry Duran |
| Music by | Sonny Bono |
| Cinematography | Robert Wyckoff |
| Editing by | Melvin Shapiro |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 1967 |
| Running time | 91 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Good Times is a 1967 musical comedy film starring Sonny & Cher.
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[edit] Synopsis
Sonny and Cher appear as themselves in this spoof of various movie genres, including mysteries, westerns and spy thrillers. The plot revolves around a movie contract offered to Sonny by powerful executive Mr. Mordicus, played by George Sanders. Sanders also plays the antagonist in each of Sonny's ideas for the proposed movie, which are played out in a number of skits featuring music and dancing by the star duo.
The movie is notable for its director, William Friedkin, who would go on to direct The French Connection, for which he won the Oscar for best director in 1971. He would also direct The Exorcist, for which he received a best director nomination.[1] Sonny and Cher themselves continued a successful career together in television and recording before their eventual marital and professional breakup.
[edit] Cast
- Sonny Bono as Sonny
- Cher as Cher
- George Sanders as Mr Mordicus / Knife McBlade / White Hunter / Zarubian
- Norman Alden as Warren
- Larry Duran as Smith
- Kelly Thordsen as Tough Hombre
- Lennie Weinrib as Leslie Garth
- Peter Robbins as Brandon
[edit] Reception
The movie received poor-to-middling reviews as a pastiche of so-so skits, though one critic credited veteran character actor Sanders for making the film "slightly less unbearable."[2]
[edit] References
- ^ IMDb credits for William Freidkin
- ^ "Apollo's movie guide review of ''Good Times'', Wesley Lovell". Apolloguide.com. http://apolloguide.com/mov_print.asp?CID=5354&RID=. Retrieved 2010-10-07.
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