DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Steve
Martin, Michael Caine
Orion;
Directed by Frank Oz
Rated
PG; 110 minutes; 1988
Steve Martin and Michael Caine star in
this uproarious comedy as two rival confidence men who make a wager . . . the
first one who extracts $50,000 from the next woman they meet wins and the other
is forced to leave town.
REVIEWS
"They're mean, they're nasty,
they're no good and they're awfully funny . . .Those DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
conned me. I loved every minute of it."
— Joel Siegel, ABC-TV
"DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS is the
sort of loopy masterstroke that gives high concept a good name. . . Caine. . .
is a genius. . . "
— Peter Rainier, LOS ANGELES HERALD
EXAMINER
"A complete charmer . . . Martin
proves again that he is the greatest comic actor of his generation."
— John H. Richardson, DAILY NEWS
"Thumbs Up . . . Martin and Caine
are so funny. . ."
— Roger Ebert, SISKEL & EBERT
"Wickedly funny! A suave, smooth,
sophisticated comedy. Caine and Martin are a sensational team."
— Jeffrey Lyons, SNEAK PREVIEWS
"It's rich, nasty and very, very
funny...Caine is simply delicious and Martin's graceful physical comedy is
sublime."
— Joanna Langfield, ABC RADIO NETWORK
"It's a breezy, stylish, delectable
comedy, filled with laughs from start to finish."
— Susan Granger, WMCA-RADIO
"Frank Oz has directed with a deft
hand. Caine makes a charming rogue. Martin is a howl. "
— Peter Travers, PEOPLE MAGAZINE
"A hilarious screwball caper movie.
Caine is terrific. Caine and Martin make the most enjoyable scoundrels I've
seen in a long time."
— Norman Mark, WMAQ-TV
BLURBS
Academy Award winner Michael Caine teams
with Steve Martin for this comical campus crowd-pleaser.