A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

A Fish Called Wanda (1988) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
David Donatello Awards
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Alternative Footage
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Charles Crichton

Written By:
John Cleese
Charles Crichton

Actors:
John Cleese ..... Archie Leach
Jamie Lee Curtis ..... Wanda Gershwitz
Kevin Kline ..... Otto
Michael Palin ..... Ken Pile
Maria Aitken ..... Wendy
Tom Georgeson ..... Georges Thomason
Patricia Hayes ..... Mrs. Coady
Geoffrey Palmer ..... Judge
Cynthia Cleese ..... Portia
Mark Elwes ..... Customer in Jeweler's Shop
Neville Phillips ..... Manager of Jeweler's Shop
Peter Jonfield ..... Inspector Marvin
Ken Campbell ..... Bartlett
Al Ashton ..... Warder
Roger Hume ..... Locksmith

Synopsis:

In A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her gangster lover Tom Georgeson. First, she romances Georgeson's dimwitted but deadly henchman Kevin Kline (who won an Academy Award for his performance). Then, to clear the path for her getaway with Kline, Jamie woos Georgeson's starched-shirt attorney, John Cleese - and it's Cleese whom she genuinely falls in love with. Michael Palin, Cleese's former Monty Python cohort, plays a stuttering mob flunkey who continually messes up his one big assignment: killing a little old lady (it isn't that he has any qualms about knocking off the old dear; it's just that her pet dogs keep getting in the way). A Fish Called Wanda was scripted by star John Cleese.

Wanda brings her new secret lover, Otto to England to help her and her lover George and stuttering animal lover Ken steal $20 million in diamonds. Wanda and Otto then turn in George to the police so they can have the loot for themselves, but George has already moved the diamonds and only he knows where they are. All four of the criminals start double-crossing each other to try to get to the diamonds before anyone else. Wanda tries to find them by 'getting close' to George's barrister, Archie Leach, because if George pleads guilty he will tell Archie where the diamonds are to cut his sentence. Absolute hilarity ensues.

Sexy American diamonds lover Wanda and her boyfriend Otto are in England to plot alongside George and Ken the robbery of a diamond collection. Wanda and Otto want the stolen diamonds for themselves, and inform the police about George not knowing that he has already moved the diamonds to another secret place. Wanda thinks the best way to find out is by getting close to George's lawyer - Archie Leach.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 05 October, 2020.