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Outstanding, creative, well acted older film. Great subtle detail. Very funny! Had it in VHS and could not wait to get it in DVD. Walter Matthau was an amazing guy.
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This is one of my favorite movies and for some unknown reason hasn't been available on TCM, FMC or AMC. It was great to find it available and while it was pricey it was still worth it. This is a fast paced movie with great wit, cleverness and one of the funniest scenes I've seen in movies. All this without any violence to people. The DVD quality is fine.
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Miles (Matthau's character) was put on a desk job after years in the field. Rather than go quietly into the night, he decides to get even. He decides to get even by writing a tell-all expose of his boss Ned Beatty. Sam Waterson plays Miles protege and reluctant pursuer. The plot is not perfect and the direction is a little sloppy. However, everybody is having so much fun, it doesn't matter. Matthau and Glenda Jackson are at their witty best. The great Ned Beatty is perfect as the boss. He is not so much stupid as bull-headed. Waterston is great as the bemused, reluctant pursuer. The locales are good. The funniest setup is when Miles is secretly renting his ex-boss's summer home and Miles forces a fake shoot out. Hilarious.
Furthermore, Miles loves Mozart. He is either playing it on tape/album or he is whistling and muttering it. The background music sets up the light mood of the film.
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From my first viewing of Hopscotch when it was in theaters, I have never failed to find something new, always enjoyable. But beyond its perennial power to entertain, the interplay between Matthau and Jackson, the scenery, the Mozart, the Waterston and Lom, there's a spirit to this film which makes it one of my top five, maybe my top two. I've introduced family and friends to it over the years, and made lifetime fans of virtually all of them, most with their own copies of the DVD. Most can quote liberally from it ("There's a phrase which has lost a good deal of meaning lately." "8000 window panes and you got one of them." "This is a recording of a person asleep.") because it's witty, sharp, fun, with a good number of likable characters and one wonderful bad guy ("See you next Tuesday Myerson? They've gone mad!"). What's not to like?
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This is the movie that really made me like Walter Matthau growing up. If you can suspend disbelief and enjoy a movie where a smart person can get fed up and have a little fun at his exemployers expense, then you should enjoy this one.
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