Pure Luck
| Pure Luck | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical Release Poster | |
| Directed by | Nadia Tass |
| Produced by |
Sean Daniel Conrad Hool Lance Hool Francis Veber |
| Written by |
Francis Veber Herschel Weingrod Timothy Harris |
| Starring |
Martin Short Danny Glover Sheila Kelly Scott Wilson Harry Shearer |
| Music by | Jonathan Sheffer |
| Cinematography | David Parker |
| Edited by | Billy Weber |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
Release dates |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $17 million |
| Box office | $24.9 million |
Pure Luck is a 1991 American comedy film starring Martin Short and Danny Glover. It is remake of the popular French comedy film La Chèvre (1981).
Plot
The daughter of a wealthy businessman has disappeared in Mexico, and all the efforts to find her have been unsuccessful. A psychologist (Harry Shearer), knowing that the girl has ultra bad luck, persuades her father (Sam Wanamaker) to send one of his employees (Martin Short), an accountant with super bad luck, to find her. Perhaps he will be lucky, and his bad luck could help to find the unlucky girl.
Cast
- Martin Short as Eugene Proctor
- Danny Glover as Raymond Campanella
- Sheila Kelley as Valerie Highsmith
- Sam Wanamaker as Highsmith
- Scott Wilson as Frank Grimes
- Harry Shearer as Monosoff
- Jorge Russek as Inspector Segura
- Rodrigo Puebla as Fernando
- John H. Brennan as Tyler
- Jorge Luke as Pilot
- Abel Woolrich as Prisoner
- Patricia Gage as Secretary
- Ariane Pellicer as Girl at Club
- Alexandra Vicencio as Nurse
- Sharlene Martin as Nurse
Reception
In 1998, director Nadia Tass reported she was still receiving residuals from the film because of its success in America.
It was successful in a financial sense but not in a satisfying sense. It was congenial doing a Martin Short comedy, but American comedy is different from Australian comedy. It is broader. American audiences enjoyed Pure Luck, but audiences in other countries did not enjoy it so much with the exception of the Germans. I wanted to do something else with the comedy and so did Danny Glover. I would like to have put a lot more pathos and pain into it. But they wanted a comedy for America.[1]
The cartoon series Hey Arnold! had a character, Eugene Horowitz, who is also a jinx and was likely based on Eugene Proctor from the film.
References
- ↑ "Interview with Nadia Tass", Signis, 31st May 1996, 31st August 1998, 3rd-4th November 1998 accessed 21 November 2012
- Source: Leonard Maltin's 2000 Movie & Video Guide
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