Release Date: Aug 15, 2000 Region: 1 Runtime: 84 mins Studio: Paramount Pictures Audio:
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono
Video:
Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles: English Packaging: Keep Case Rating: PG-13 Features:
Interactive Menus Scene Selection Theatrical Trailer Group Commentary With: David Zucker (Director, Writer), Robert Weiss (Producer), Peter Tilden (Host)
Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker, the creative troika behind Airplane!, scored another hit with this big-screen adaptation of their short-lived television show Police Squad!. Deadpan as ever, Leslie Nielsen revives his TV role of Lt Frank Drebin, the idiot with a detective's badge. The jokes come thick and fast, gathering a momentum that lasts until the final act. Ricardo Montalban is a perfect foil as a villain whose aquarium is invaded by Drebin during routine questioning, and George Kennedy is delightful in a self-parodying part as an earnest but obtuse lawman. There's a hilarious bit when Drebin--wearing a live police wire while going to the bathroom--can be overheard over the loudspeakers at a speech given by a flustered mayor (Nancy Marchand). And yes, that's OJ Simpson as a detective who ends up on the wrong side of numerous Drebin blunders. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
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