Jinxed!
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 Jinxed! theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | Don Siegel |
| Produced by | Herb Jaffe |
| Screenplay by | Frank D. Gilroy David Newman |
| Story by | Frank D. Gilroy |
| Starring | Bette Midler Ken Wahl Rip Torn Val Avery Jack Elam Jacqueline Scott F. William Parker |
| Music by | Bruce Roberts Miles Goodman |
| Cinematography | Vilmos Zsigmond |
| Editing by | Douglas Stewart |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | October 22, 1982 |
| Running time | 103 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13 million |
| Box office | $2,869,638 |
Jinxed! (also simply known as Jinxed on promotional media) is a 1982 comedy-drama film starring Bette Midler, Rip Torn and Ken Wahl. Directed by Don Siegel, the veteran filmmaker would suffer a heart attack during the troubled production. This would be his final film.
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[edit] Plot
Harold Benson (Rip Torn) and his lounge-singer wife Bonita Friml (Bette Midler) follow a young blackjack dealer Willie Brodax (Ken Wahl) around the country. Harold has a jinx on Willie and can't lose to him. After Willie becomes suspicious he starts following Harold and finds his trailer and starts talking to Bonita. Willie and Bonita eventually fall in love and plot to do away with Harold to collect Harold's life insurance.
[edit] Production
The movie is noted for a unique collaboration between Siegel and director Sam Peckinpah. An original mentor to Peckinpah, who at this time was banished from the industry due to his troubled film productions, Siegel gave the director a chance to return to filmmaking. He asked Peckinpah if he would be interested in directing 12 days of second unit work on the film. Peckinpah immediately accepted, and his earnest collaboration with his longtime friend was noted within the industry. While Peckinpah's work was uncredited, it would lead to his hiring as the director of his final film The Osterman Weekend (1983).
In addition to Siegel's health problems, Midler and Wahl reportedly fought viciously throughout the filming, making no secret of their open hostility towards one another. Years later, Midler would state that Siegel was also hostile towards her. In turn, Siegel said the experience of working with Midler was extremely unpleasant. The movie was filmed on location in Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe and received an "R" rating.
Lalo Schifrin composed and recorded what would have been his sixth score for Siegel on Jinxed!, but it was rejected by the studio despite Siegel's objections. This was one of several fights Siegel had on this, his last film.[1]
Screenwriter Frank D. Gilroy had his name removed from the film and was credited as "Burt Blessing".
[edit] Reception
Released to theaters on Oct. 22, 1982, the movie was a box office failure. Midler was largely blamed, effectively curtailing her movie career until Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986) was released to critical and commercial success.
[edit] DVD Release
The 2004 DVD release of the movie includes the original theatrical trailer, which includes a fraction of a deleted scene: Midler, wearing her mourning gown, quickly tries to get back into the car while it's already hooked up in the carwash system. It looks like the scene takes place at Art's carwash when Bonita is following Harold's clue-letters after his death.
[edit] References
- ^ Reported by the Los Angeles Times in 1982.
[edit] External links
- Jinxed! at the Internet Movie Database
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