Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1473 movies items)

" Down and Out in Beverly Hills is a 1986 American comedy film based on the 1919 French play Boudu sauvé des eaux, which had previously been adapted on film in 1932 by Jean Renoir. Down and Out in Beverly Hills was directed by Paul Mazursky, and starred Nick Nolte, Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfuss. The plot follows a rich but dysfunctional family who save the life of a suicidal homeless man. Musician Little Richard appears as a neighbor, and performs "Great Gosh A'Mighty" during a party sce"

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"Pros: Richard Dreyfus and Bette Midler The satire of 80’s yuppies, and the well off. Little Richard’s cameo The soundtrack, especially the use of “Once in a Lifetime” by Talking Heads."

250 Of My Favorite Films From The 80's, y'all (250 movies items)

" A wandering bum jumps into a pool of affluence and bounces out as a springboard of influence. With a plot centered around a guttersnipe who enters the world of a well-to-do aristocratic couple thus changing the path of stereotypically unfulfilled lives, Down And Out In Beverly Hills is exactly the kind of heartwarming story that makes the mousy-eared Disney dominion drool for the dollars..... that is, if it wasn't for all the sharp-edged swearing and unadulterated critical analyses of the bo"

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"First viewing - May 9th Little Richard passed away this weekend, so I wanted to watch something with him in it. This was apparently my "best" option. They do make an odd choice in having Richard play a character that's not himself yet plays piano and sings just like him. His music even features elsewhere in the film, making the choice to cast him as someone else more baffling. They could've just let him be Little Richard. Aside from that the movie is okay. It reminded me a lot of Harry & the H"

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" as Jerry Baskin "

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" Nick Nolte"

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" Directed by: Paul Mazursky Produced by: Paul Mazursky and Geoffrey Taylor Written by: Paul Mazursky and Leon Capetanos Based on the play, "Bondu Saved From Drowning" by: Rene Fauchois Cinematography: Donald McAlpine Edited by: Richard Halsey Music by: Andy Summers Distributed by: Touchstone Pictures"

Best Films of 1986 (60 movies items)

"Nolte nails the homeless role and Dreyfuss pulls off irritated hilariously."

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" 1986 My Rating : 4.0=Good - My Pleasure Meter : 4.0/5.0 Stars "

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" A wandering bum jumps into a pool of affluence and bounces out as a springboard of influence. With a plot centered around a guttersnipe who enters the world of a well-to-do aristocratic couple thus changing the path of stereotypically unfulfilled lives, Down And Out In Beverly Hills is exactly the kind of heartwarming story that makes the mousy-eared Disney dominion drool for the dollars..... that is, if it wasn't for all the sharp-edged swearing and unadulterated critical analyses of the bo"