Getting Away with Murder (film)
| Getting Away with Murder | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harvey Miller |
| Written by | Harvey Miller |
| Produced by | Penny Marshall Frank Price |
| Starring | Dan Aykroyd Jack Lemmon Lily Tomlin Bonnie Hunt |
| Cinematography | Frank Tidy |
| Edited by | Richard Nord |
| Music by | John Debney |
| Distributed by | Savoy Pictures |
Release date | April 12, 1996 |
Running time | 92 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $197,322 |
Getting Away with Murder is a 1996 comedy film written and directed by Harvey Miller. The film stars Dan Aykroyd, Jack Lemmon, Lily Tomlin and Bonnie Hunt.
This was the final project for veteran writer and director Harvey Miller.[1] It received poor reviews and was panned by critics.[1][2][3][4][5]
Plot
Jack Lambert's (Dan Aykroyd) neighbor Max Mueller (Jack Lemmon) is revealed on the TV news to be the escaped Nazi war criminal Karl Luger who was sentenced to death by the courts. Under the constant duress of the news media's allegations, Mueller plans to flee to South America.
Angered that Mueller might never pay for his crimes, Lambert takes the drastic step of poisoning him by injecting cyanide into some of the fruit in Mueller's apple tree, from which he regularly makes freshly juiced apple juice. At first the police believe it's a suicide, which upsets Lambert so much that he mails them a cryptic letter to reveal that it was actually a murder to carry out the court sentence and to revenge all the lives taken.
Later, the TV news reveals that Mueller was misidentified and is innocent. Feeling guilty, Lambert does penance by dumping his fiancee Gail (Bonnie Hunt) and marrying Mueller's daughter Inga (Lily Tomlin). However, after the wedding, Lambert receives information assuring him of Mueller's guilt.
Cast
- Dan Aykroyd ... Jack Lambert
- Lily Tomlin ... Inga Mueller
- Jack Lemmon ... Max Mueller / Karl Luger
- Bonnie Hunt ... Dr. Gail Holland
- Brian Kerwin ... Marty Lambert
- Jerry Adler ... Judge
- Andy Romano ... Psychiatrist
- Robert Fields ... Sergeant Roarke
- J. C. Quinn ... Detective Stanley
- Susan Forristal ... Waitress Patti
- Marissa Chibas ... Liz Lambert
- Jon Korkes ... Chemistry Lab Professor
- Kathleen Marshall ... Student #1
- Jacqueline Klein ... Student #2
- Alex Appel ... Student #3
- Jillian Hirasawa ... Student #4
- Rino Romano ... Student #5
- Jack Jessup ... Old Man
- Judy Sinclair ... Old Woman
- Dave Nichols ... Lawyer Brownell
- Damon D'Oliveira ... Electronic Salesman
- Wayne Robson ... Bartender
- Richard Blackburn ... Nazi Sympathizer #1
- Thomas Mitchell ... Nazi Sympathizer #2
- Kevin Frank ... Martys Party Guest #2
Home format
After the film's theatrical run, HBO released the movie onto VHS. In 2004, the film was finally released on DVD. The DVD is now discontinued and as of March 29, 2010, neither HBO or Focus Features, the latter of which has begun to acquire some of Savoy's movies, has announced any plans to release a new DVD of the film.
References
- ^ a b Getting Away with Murder, Variety, Daniel Kimmel, April 15, 1996
- ^ Getting Away with Murder, NY Times, Janet Miaslin April 12, 1996
- ^ Getting Away with Murder, Entertainment Weekly, Erin Richter, August 23, 1996
- ^ Getting Away with Murder, Rotten Tomatoes
- ^ Getting Away with Murder, Reel Views, James Berardinelli, 1996