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A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
Hayley Taylor
- 11 year-old Claudia
- (as Hayley Taylor-Block)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the final film of both Robert Webber and Karl Malden.
- GoofsAt the end of the movie, Claudia been released and is walking down the street in her hospital gown, laughing at passerby. She has only been judged competent to stand trial, not innocent. She should be in lockup at Riker's Island or The Tombs. Also, even if they had released her, she would have had her street clothes returned.
WRONG: While there is clearly some artistic license in having Claudia walk out in her hospital gown, the judge clearly stated that he was releasing her on her own recognizance until the trial so she wouldn't have been locked up in Riker's Island, The Tombs, Devil's Island, Arkham Asylum or anywhere else for that matter.
- Quotes
Claudia Draper: Now, you talk to me and pretend I'm sane, okay?
Aaron Levinsky: Okay.
Claudia Draper: And I'll do the same for you.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Oscar Nomination Surprises for 1987 (1988)
- SoundtracksHere We Are At Last
Music by Barbra Streisand
Lyrics by Richard Baskin
Arranged & played by Randy Waldman
(Bar Music)
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The insanity plea
Nuts is an adaptation of a stage play. Aaron Levinsky (Richard Dreyfuss) a public defendant is forced to take on a defendant being tried for competency.
The District Attorney (Robert Webber) sees this as a simple case of mental incompetency. The accused in question is playful, spirited and hard to handle. Claudia Draper (Barbra Streisand) is the high class call girl who is determined to prove that she is not nuts. Her parents are bemused but as we see from flashbacks there is a terrible family secret and Levinsky will need to discredit (Eli Wallach) the psychiatrist who is convinced that Draper is nuts.
Its hard to escape the film's stage-bound origins as a lot of the film consists of interior shots. In some ways this a courtroom play. Dreyfuss is actually enjoying himself as defendant lawyer Levinsky trying to get a handle of his rich girl client and then seeing his face when he twigs what the real tragedy might be.
Streisand on the other hand never convinces me that she is a high class hooker who has been roughing it on the seamy side of life. Its not the film's fault that the murder victim turns out to be Leslie Nielsen (soon to be in the hit spoof Naked Gun films) as his scenes that we see in flashback go a little bit too near to Frank Drebin and I am sure no want wanted too see Nielsen in just his black underpants.
As a courtroom thriller in a busy New York court setting the film is enjoyable but dare I suggest that Miss Streisand was miscast.
The District Attorney (Robert Webber) sees this as a simple case of mental incompetency. The accused in question is playful, spirited and hard to handle. Claudia Draper (Barbra Streisand) is the high class call girl who is determined to prove that she is not nuts. Her parents are bemused but as we see from flashbacks there is a terrible family secret and Levinsky will need to discredit (Eli Wallach) the psychiatrist who is convinced that Draper is nuts.
Its hard to escape the film's stage-bound origins as a lot of the film consists of interior shots. In some ways this a courtroom play. Dreyfuss is actually enjoying himself as defendant lawyer Levinsky trying to get a handle of his rich girl client and then seeing his face when he twigs what the real tragedy might be.
Streisand on the other hand never convinces me that she is a high class hooker who has been roughing it on the seamy side of life. Its not the film's fault that the murder victim turns out to be Leslie Nielsen (soon to be in the hit spoof Naked Gun films) as his scenes that we see in flashback go a little bit too near to Frank Drebin and I am sure no want wanted too see Nielsen in just his black underpants.
As a courtroom thriller in a busy New York court setting the film is enjoyable but dare I suggest that Miss Streisand was miscast.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Nuts ... Durchgedreht
- Filming locations
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(street scenes)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $30,950,002
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,606,083
- Nov 22, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $30,950,002
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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