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(1982) |
emember those film noir movies from the 40's? Well, they are about to be spoofed in the hit noir parody DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID.
Steve Martin stars as private eye Rigby Reardon, who stumbles across a shocking story involving a noted scientist named Mr. Forrest. The scientist was apparently killed in a car wreck, but the cause of the crash is still pending.
Then the scientist's daughter Juliet (Rachel Ward) walks into Rigby's office claiming that her father's death was no accident. In fact, the scientist was murdered and someone was responsible. As the story develops, Rigby searches for clues linked to the so-called car crash.
Interacting with noir characters from the 1940's, Rigby must find every twist and turn to solve the case and try not to think about Juliet while investigating the Carlotta lists.
But soon things change as Rigby and Juliet fall in love, but when Juliet leaves town, Rigby begins to suspect that she is a spy working for the Nazis. He sets out to follow her while continuing to search for clues on the so-called Carlotta woman.
The action goes all the way to Germany, where Rigby is reunited with an old pal (Reni Santoni), who is now a US captain who helps Rigby capture Nazi Field Marshal Von Kluck (Carl Reiner), the man believed to be responsible for the apparent death of Mr. Forrest.
When Rigby finds the Nazis hideout, who else would be there besides Juliet Forrest? It turns out that Juliet can speak German, and then she helps Rigby foil Von Kluck's plan before it's too late...
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DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID is a hilarious parody that was filmed in black and white.
The scenes from the 1940's noir classics may make people think that the film makes no sense, but with a good storyline and Carl Reiner directing, this movie has its share of fun.
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In this film, Nazi Field Marshall Von Kluck, played by Carl Reiner, manages to destroy a town using cheese mold. That town is Terre Haute. Von Kluck's last words are "Well at least I managed to get Terre Haute, Indiana", to which Steve's reposte is "Damn, they were just about to get a public library". Terre Haute, Ind. is singled out as the city destroyed by cheese mold because of Steve Martin's personal distaste for the town. It relates to his days doing stand-up comic routine when he visited the town formerly run by Al Capone and once known as "Sin City." Some people there say that Martin had a bad night, and it is suggested that perhaps residents of Terre Haute, being in the mid-west Bible belt, were shocked by his routine. After the incident, Steve did several television interviews where he apparently called Terre Haute "the most nowhere place in America." He's also described Terre Haute as "the armpit of America" and references the town in several of his films, though usually in not a good light. I believe he mentions it in "Trains, Planes and Automobiles". (It is also mentioned in the Christmas Story, which is set in Indiana.)  -Thanks to Charlie
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This film includes clips from 1940's noir classics including "The Postman Always Rings Twice," "The Big Sleep" and "The Lost Weekend." These movies star some of the biggest screen legends of that era including Bette Davis, Kirk Douglas, Humphrey Bogart, Vincent Price, Cary Grant and James Cagney.
This was Steve Martin's second collaboration with director Carl Reiner, who both worked on "The Jerk." They would team up for two more 80's classics: "The Man With Two Brains" and "All of Me."
After Steve Martin "dissed" Terre Haute, IN (but before the film was made, he was presented with a bouquet of wilted flowers upon his arrival at the airport and was given a tour of the city from the front seat of a garbage truck -Thanks to Rob McCullar
The movie grossed $16.959 million at the box office.
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This was the final film of costume designer Edith Head, who designed much of the clothes for the 1940's noir movies. This movie is dedicated in her memory.
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was filmed at locations in Los Angeles, S. California.
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The film's soundtrack score was done by composer Miklos Rozsa. All 22 tracks were released on CD [Thanks to Akira Jones]
Track listing:
1. Universal Fanfare
2. Prelude/Car Crash/Rigby../Juliet
3. Friends and Enemies...
4. Cleaning Woman/Rigby's Story
5. Clue In The Cookie Jar
6. The Swede
7. The Train Station
8. The Keys
9. Walking Down 5th Street
10. The Beating
11. Rigby Reardon - Cross-Dresser
12. Jerry's Supermarket/Searching...
13. Capt. Cody Jarret/Prison Break
14. Juliet & Rigby
15. The Phone Call/Juliet Leaves
16. Island Of Carlotta
17. Kitty & Rigby
18. Kitty Drugs Rigby/Chase Begins
19. Final Instructions/Rigby's Victory
20. The End
21. End Credits
22. Love Theme (orchestral demo)
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