
Set in 1950s Los Angeles, Richard Hudson (Warburton) is a shrewd car dealer who moves from San Francisco and sets up a used-car dealership. Tiring of this job, he turns the lot over to an assistant and starts writing his first movie, The Man Who Got Away. It turns out to be an uncommercial picture chronicling the story of a truck driver who goes berserk, runs over a little girl and dies fending off a platoon of police officers. In making his film, Richard enlists the help of ... (Full plot summary below)
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Set in 1950s Los Angeles, Richard Hudson (Warburton) is a shrewd car dealer who moves from San Francisco and sets up a used-car dealership. Tiring of this job, he turns the lot over to an assistant and starts writing his first movie, The Man Who Got Away. It turns out to be an uncommercial picture chronicling the story of a truck driver who goes berserk, runs over a little girl and dies fending off a platoon of police officers. In making his film, Richard enlists the help of his father-in-law, Leo (Paul Malevich), a washed-up former film director whose notable possession is a Rouault painting of a clown. Through Leo, Richard pitches his idea to the Man (Ernie Vincent), the chief executive of Mammoth Pictures who green-lights the project. Conflict inevitably arises when Richard's obsession for making the movie his way clashes with the Man. Other kooky characters include Richard's mother (Lynette Bennett), a former ballerina who lures her hirsute lug of a son into a comic pas de deux ; Richard's sexually curious stepsister, Becky (Marilyn Rising), who seduces him, and his secretary, Laura (Emily Newman), whom he impregnates with a boorish indifference.
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| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaProves that a strong character and a little ingenuity can sidestep any monetary limitations. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe Woman Chaser is a very off-kilter picture, and it's bound to throw viewers for a loop. |
| New York Magazine/VultureJohn Leonard... stars Patrick Warburton as a used-car salesman so bored with black-and-white life in fifties L.A. that he ends up trapped in his own semi-wicked noir. |
| User ReviewJoshua RI'm not sure if it's my morbid fascination with or dabbling in nihilism, my love of Warburton's deep-voiced deadpan, or my vicarious enjoyment as I too one day wish to become a scamming lounge lizard/used car salesman, but I *love* this movie! |
| User ReviewDiana PExcellent, excellent, excellent! Very deadpan in true Warburtonian style, brilliantly acted and bizarre as hell. My love for Patrick Warburton quadrupled after seeing this film. A rare gem if you ever come across it. |
| User ReviewJack GExcellent, excellent, excellent! Very deadpan in true Warburtonian style, brilliantly acted and bizarre as hell. My love for Patrick Warburton quadrupled after seeing this film. A rare gem if you ever come across it. |
| User ReviewJesse SA must-see. Every successful adaptation of a Charles Willeford novel is going to challenge some viewers and produce a reaction in which they're not sure whether they're supposed to laugh or be repelled. The uninitiated view will think, wait, this is weird, is the director messing with me here? Inappropriate laughter is a hallmark of the absurdly amore world of Willeford. If you think it's a "film noir parody" you don't quite get it. Charles Willeford meant to hold up the entire human universe for ridicule and parody; and once you comprehend that, you cross a barrier. It also makes for a fuller enjoyment of this adaptation of one of the great classics of American fiction -- not just noir fiction or crime fiction -- The smart guy is the one who makes no distinction. A great book is a great book, period. Put down that post-modern pulp by Franzen or Lethem and read some real art, pal. |
| User ReviewJoe MA much underrated indie film...Warburton is pitch perfect and Devor's visuals are stunning as well as a great soundtrack. |
| User ReviewTerrill LGreat, underrated and under seen comedy. One of the best movies about making movies ever made. It plays like satire, but truth runs deep here. |
| User ReviewBryan MThe best performance of Warburton's career. A rare and amazing film that never got a DVD release. =( |