It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time | |
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Directed by | John Trent |
Written by | Claude Harz David Main John Trent |
Produced by | David Perlmutter |
Starring | Anthony Newley Stefanie Powers Isaac Hayes Lloyd Bochner Yvonne De Carlo John Candy Lawrence Dane |
Music by | William McCauley |
Distributed by | Gemstone Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time is a 1975 Canadian comedy film, one of John Candy's earlier films. He plays the minor role of an investigating police officer. However, for marketing/publicity reasons, Candy appears on the cover of the DVD release.
Plot
Sweeney (Anthony Newley) is a playwright on a career decline. He spends much of his time wheedling money and beer out of his artistic friend Moriarty (Isaac Hayes). One of his few highlights is weekly sex with his ex-wife Georgina (Stefanie Powers). She is remarried to a rich but vile construction developer (Henry Ramer), but Sweeney and Georgina are still in love.
Sweeney's escapades end with a fake kidnapping scam. This gets the attention of two inept police officers, played by John Candy and Lawrence Dane. These two end up dressed as garbage men in the chase scene finale; everything winds up with a happy ending.
Candy and Dane's characters eventually spun off their own film, Find the Lady.
References
External links
- It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time at IMDb
- It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive