Brief thoughts:
- Remember when movies were allowed to have a guy like Walter Matthau be the star of the show?
- As soon as the music starts you know you’re in for a good time.
- Héctor Elizondo? Did Garry Marshall direct this?
- Features some classic 1974 racism, sexism, and homophobia!
- I thought the mayor was a caricature of Ed Koch, but he didn’t become mayor of New York until 1978.
For today’s poster, I spent far too much time making the movie logo. Then I couldn’t find decent images of Matthau or Robert Shaw that would work for the central image. My “solution” makes it look like this stars Elizondo and Jerry Stiller, with a special appearance by Walter Matthau as the moon. Works for me!
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