The movie is based on a series of books by Gregory McDonald.
Contributed by: Santiago Velasquez
'Fletch' is apparently soon to be revived for the big screen by Director Kevin Smith with a new Fletch in tow. The new Fletch, once to be played by Ben Affleck, will now be played by Jason Lee, with a script penned by Kevin Smith.
In Fletch's Lakers dream sequence the commentator is broadcasting legend, the late, Chick Hearn.
George Wendt (Fat Sam the drug dealer) also stared in the hit t.v. series "Cheers".
Contributed by: Mike Johansen
The phone number for Boyd Aviation at DVD timecode 21:08 is 213-383-1784 the usual 555- prefix ordinarily used for movies was not used.
In the scene where Fletch first meets Alan, the alias he gives is Ted Nugent. Nugent, of course, is a legendary and controversial hard rock guitarist, famous for songs like Cat Scratch Fever and Stranglehold.
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Trivia
What follows are trivia items we now believe
are bogus. Some of them will have explanations, some will not. We just leave 'em
in for interest, really.
Fletch is
Geena Davis's first movie.
Geena Davis actually appeared in Tootsie first, not Fletch.