Movie Description
An updating of the classic Western TV series MAVERICK, this comic oater finds our fast-talking, hard-gambling hero surviving many adventures while trying to come up with enough money to play in a high-stakes poker game. Penned by William Goldman with music by Randy Newman. Academy Award Nominations: Best Costume Design.
| Credits | | Producer: | Bruce Davey, Richard Donner | | Cast: | Bert Remsen, Corey Feldman, Dennis Fimple, Donal Gibson, Dub Taylor, Henry Darrow, Jean De Baer, Jodie Foster, Leo Gordon, Michael Paul Chan, Paul Brinegar, William Marshall |
| Details | | Sound: | HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
Notes
Copyright 1994 Icon Productions.
Filmed in Technicolor; in Anamorphic.
Rated BBFC PG by the British Board of Film Classification.
Editorial Reviews
"...Gibson, Foster and Garner have a ball, and they make the feeling contagious..."
Rolling Stone - p.115 - Peter Travers (06/16/1994)
"...Entertaining, amiable....Consistently good to look at..."
Sight and Sound - p.46-7 - Philip Kemp (08/01/1994)
"...Fast, funny, full of straight-ahead action and tongue-in-cheek jokes....A smart, new-fangled MAVERICK..."
New York Times - p.C1 - Caryn James (05/20/1994)
"The cast is adorable, the characters are foolproof..."
Entertainment Weekly - p.36 - Lisa Schwarzbaum (06/03/1994)
"...The first lighthearted, laugh-oriented family Western in a long time....It's fun....One of the pleasures of the film is watching the actors used by director Richard Donner to populate his backgrounds..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (05/20/1994)
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