An American (Jamie Lee Curtis) flirts with a crook, a barrister (John Cleese) and a mercenary (Kevin Kline)... (Learn more)
Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline (View All)
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Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline
In A Fish Called Wanda, Jamie Lee Curtis plays an ambitious con artist who uses every ounce of her sexual wiles to obtain a fortune in jewels stolen by her gangster lover Tom Georgeson. First, she romances Georgeson's dimwitted but deadly henchman Kevin Kline (who won an Academy Award for his performance). Then, to clear the path for her getaway with Kline, Jamie woos Georgeson's starched-shirt attorney, John Cleese -- and it's Cleese whom she genuinely falls in love with. Michael Palin, Cleese's former Monty Python cohort, plays a stuttering mob flunkey who continually messes up his one big assignment: killing a little old lady (it isn't that he has any qualms about knocking off the old dear; it's just that her pet dogs keep getting in the way). A Fish Called Wanda was scripted by star John Cleese. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
7/15/88
MPAA Rating
Rated R
Running Time
108 mins.
Locations
- London, England, United Kingdom
- Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$59,991,944
Awards
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1988 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1988 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Screenplay award at the 1988 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1988 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or award at the 1988 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1988 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Musical or Comedy award at the 1988 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1988 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1988 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1988 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical award at the 1988 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
Distributor
- CBS Video
- MGM Distribution Company
- UA Distribution Co.
