Posts tagged Michael Ritchie
Like So Many Great Directors of the Seventies, Michael Ritchie’s Career Got Off to a Great Start With a Classic Debut (1969’s Downhill Racer) and Ended With a Muddled Dud (The Fantastiks)
Like So Many Great Directors of the Seventies, Michael Ritchie’s Career Got Off to a Great Start With a Classic Debut (1969’s Downhill Racer) and Ended With a Muddled Dud (The Fantastiks)

Like so many great directors of the 1970s, satire and sports specialist Michael Ritchie’s career got off to a great start with a classic debut (1969’s Downhill Racer) and a muddled dud of a final film (The Fantastiks)

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First and Last 2.0Nathan RabinMichael Ritchie, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, skiing
My World of Flops, Trigger Happy Case File #189 The Survivors (1983)
My World of Flops, Trigger Happy Case File #189 The Survivors (1983)

Lovable Losers/Bad With Money Month gets off to a bit of a sleepy start with a look at Michael Ritchie’s muddled 1983 survivalist satire The Survivors, with Walter Matthau as a lovable everyman and Robin Williams as a right-wing gun nut/militia member. Its problems include casting Robin Williams as a right wing gun nut/militia member.

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My World Of Flops, Lovable Losers MonthNathan RabinMichael Ritchie, Walter Matthau, Robin Williams, satire, guns, "Trigger Happy", My World of Flops, Reaganomics