Bill Murray is a fixture in American comedy, with iconic performances in the Ghostbusters saga, One Day Without End and The Life Aquatic. But did you know that an American made a feature film? Focus on the curiosity of rapid change.
Released in US theaters in 1990, Quick Change marks the one and only foray into directing by Bill Murray (who almost certainly played one of the most terrifying villains of the 90s), a feature shared here with Howard Franklin. In this comedy, the American plays Grimm, a man who, dressed as a clown, robs a bank with his girlfriend Philly and his sidekick Leo without much trouble. On the other hand, escaping New York to get to the airport proves to be a bit more problematic for the trio…
The big screen adaptation of Jay Cronley’s novel, a comedy quick change Directed by a beautiful actress. Next to Bill MurrayWe find Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, Stanley Tucci and Jason Robards.
Before Bill Murray it was… Belmondo!
“It’s great to have a movie you really like”– said Bill Murray At the microphone of journalist Bobby Wygant. “We had a good script, we couldn’t get anyone to direct it, so Howard Franklin and I decided to do it. Bob GreenhattThe guy who produced New York’s best films is behind it all and we were able to work with the team Woody Allen. We had a great time shooting this movie on the streets of New York.”
A funny little anecdote? quick change Not the first adaptation of the novel of the same name. Five years earlier, Alexander Arkady signed his own version, called Hold-Up, which is set not in the Big Apple, but in Montreal. And it was Jean-Paul Belmondo who slipped under the red nose of the thug clown!
Trailer for “Hold-Up”, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as the clown:
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