Her Alibi (1989)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.2/10   

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Guionista (WGA):

Charlie Peters (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

3 febrero 1989 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Crimen | Misterio | Romance

Frase comercial:

Falling for a beautiful woman can be murder!

Plot:

A writer of BAD detective novels is in full writers' block. He pretends to be the alibi of a beautiful...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Writer's Block | Parking Lot | Voice Over | Vomit Scene

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

How do you say in Romanian, get lost dick-face! Tremendous Fun

Reparto

Tom Selleck	...	Phil Blackwood
Paulina Porizkova	...	Nina
William Daniels	...	Sam
James Farentino	...	Frank Polito
Hurd Hatfield	...	Troppa
Ronald Guttman	...	'Lucy' Comanescu
Victor Argo	...	Avram
Patrick Wayne	...	Gary Blackwood
Tess Harper	...	Sally Blackwood
Bill Smitrovich	...	Farrell
Bobo Lewis	...	Rose
Jane Welch	...	Millie
Austin Hay	...	Oliver
W. Benson Terry	...	FX
Joan Copeland	...	Audrey

También conocida como:

Mi testigo preferido (Argentina) [es]
Su coartada (Spain) [es]

Duración:

94 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Rumano | Español

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-8 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

Several scenes in this movie take place at an event known as "The Funeral of Grimaldi". This is a reference to Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), who is the most celebrated English clown in history, and just like in the movie, there really is a "Funeral of Grimaldi" held every year on the first Sunday in February, at the All Saints' Church in London.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: When Sam is on the phone with Phil, an editor pops his head in to see if Sam has Phil working. Sam says, "As we speak, Hank." The editor's name was supposed to be Ian. The actor's real name was Hank.

Citas:

Phil Blackwood: As he lifted the 400-pound weights above his head, he was in agony... but he bore it in silence.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Bob Saget/TLC (#20.19)" (1995)

Banda de Sonido:

FALLING IN LOVE

How do you say in Romanian, get lost dick-face! Tremendous Fun

Philip Blackwood is a depressed writer who's lost his spark and his passion for writing. His successful detective character is the subject of endless predictable stories and his agent is on his back trying to get him to turn it around. As he goes to court with the usual oldies who attend in order to have something to Gossip about up steps the beautiful Nina, an eastern European arrested for murdering a fellow countryman with a pair of scissors. Tom Selleck decides to act as her alibi (Hey it's the title of the film as well!) and invites her to live with him as he believes she is innocent. As the police detective that drops by to chat with Philip Blackwood informs him, if the alibi is made up then he is not only a perjurer, but more importantly, he is liable to be the next victim in order for the alibi to stand forever. What follows is a series of ridiculous escapades in which Philip's life is under threat at every stage of the day, never knowing if the lovely Nina is a cold blooded killer or just deadly unlucky.

I had the fortune to get this film out of the video library on a whim and wound up falling in love with the film as much as Blackwood does with Nina, the parallels between his super-cool fictional world and the clumsy long suffering Blackwood are fantastic, and all the supporting cast do a great job.

Don't get me wrong, this is not an Annie Hall or a when harry met sally, it's silly ridiculous and as Farantino says "I gotta say, Phil, You're works a little predictable!" but it's still a good watch and a very fun film.