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Blind Date
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Synopsis
When speaking of Laurel and Hardy's first feature film Pardon Us, Stan Laurel described it as "a three-story building on a one-story base"-in other words, a 2-reeler stretched and bloated into 6 reels. Much the same could be said of Blake Edwards's Blind Date, though one wonders if Stan Laurel could have even gotten two reels out of its wafer-thin premise. At the outset, yuppie Bruce Willis is warned not to let his blind date, southern belle Kim Basinger, drink anything stronger than lemonade. So what does Willis do the first chance he gets? That's right, kids; he plies poor Basinger with champagne. And then he wonders why his life rapidly goes to hell in a handbasket. In his first starring movie role, Bruce Willis manages to find all sorts of nuances in his one-note role, while Kim Basinger is very funny when she's blotto-at least, for the first five minutes or so. John Laroquette costars as a character straight out of a 1920s bedroom farce; he's also pretty good, even though his dialogue is numbingly unamusing. Blake Edwards is famous for his ability to make a lot out of a little...but there has to be a limit somewhere. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Kim Basinger Nadia Gates
Mark Blum Denny Gordon
George Coe Harry Gruen
Stephanie Faracy Susie Davis
Alice Hirson Muriel Bedford
John Larroquette David Bedford
Bruce Willis Walter Davis
William Daniels Judge Harold Bedford
Phil Hartman Ted Davis

Production Crew

Peter Smith Art Director
Trish Caroselli Associate Producer
Nancy Klopper Casting
Harry Stradling, Jr. Cinematographer
Henry Mancini Composer (Music Score)
Tracy Tynan Costume Designer
Blake Edwards Director
Robert Pergament Editor
David Permut Executive Producer
Gary Hendler Executive Producer
Jonathan D. Krane Executive Producer
Mickey McCardle First Assistant Director
Norman T. Leavitt Makeup
Rick Sharp Makeup
Marie Bunel Musical Direction/Supervision
Tom Bocci Musical Direction/Supervision
David Permut Producer
Tony Adams Producer
Rodger Maus Production Designer
Alan Levine Production Manager
Blake Edwards Screenwriter
Dale Launer Screenwriter
Leslie Dixon Screenwriter
Michael Alan Eddy Screenwriter
Tom Ropelewski Screenwriter
Joe Dunne Second Unit Director
Carl Biddiscombe Set Designer
Billy Vera Songwriter
George Merrill Songwriter
Henry Mancini Songwriter
Keith L'neire Songwriter
Larry A. Brown Songwriter
Russell L. Brown Songwriter
Shannon Rubicam Songwriter
Stanley Jordan Songwriter
William Randall Sound/Sound Designer
Roy Downey Special Effects
Joe Dunne Stunts
Year: 1987
Runtime: 95
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy

Color type
Metrocolor/Technicolor prints

Sound
Dolby

Produced by
TriStar

Release
March 27, 1987 (USA)
by Tri-Star Pictures