Lost and Found (1979 film)
| Lost and Found | |
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 DVD cover. | |
| Directed by | Melvin Frank |
| Written by | Melvin Frank Jack Rose |
| Produced by | Melvin Frank |
| Starring | George Segal Glenda Jackson Maureen Stapleton Hollis McLaren Paul Sorvino John Candy Ken Pogue Martin Short |
| Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe |
| Edited by | Bill Butler |
| Music by | John Cameron |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | 13 July 1979 |
Running time | 106 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.8 million (US rentals)[1] |
Lost and Found is a 1979 film co-written and directed by Melvin Frank and starring George Segal and Glenda Jackson.
Featuring much of the same cast and crew as Frank's 1973 film A Touch of Class, this film is about a couple's constant meeting and clashing.
It marked Martin Short's film debut.
Plot
While visiting Switzerland, an American college professor, Adam, keeps running into a divorced British secretary, Patricia, wherever they go. First their cars collide. Then they smash into one another on a ski slope, each breaking a leg.
In between numerous quarrels, the two develop lust and love. They hastily marry, but the disagreements continue. Patricia decides to leave, so Adam decides to fake a suicide. They lose and find each other, again and again.
Cast
- George Segal as Adam Watson
- Glenda Jackson as Patricia Brittenham
- Paul Sorvino as Reilly
- Maureen Stapleton as Jemmy
- Martin Short as Engel
- Ken Pogue as Julian
- John Candy as Carpentier
Reaction
Critic Roger Ebert began his 28 June 1979 Chicago Sun-Times review: "This movie is terrible. It's awful. It is inconceivable to me that the same people who made 'A Touch of Class' had anything to do with it, but they did."[2]
External links
References
- ^ THE BIG THUDS OF 1979--FILMS THAT FLOPPED, BADLY Epstein, Andrew. Los Angeles Times 27 Apr 1980: o6.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (1979-07-28). "Lost and Found". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
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