Name: See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
IMDb: link to See No Evil, Hear No Evil
Genres: Comedy, Thriller Country of origin: USA.
Cast:
Gene Wilder as Dave Lyons, Richard Pryor as Wally Karue, Joan Severance as Eve, Kevin Spacey as Kirgo, John Capodice as Scotto, Anthony Zerbe as Sutherland, Alan North as Captain Braddock, Kirsten Childs as Adele.
Directed by: Arthur Hiller. Written by: Earl Baret, Arne Sultan (story).
Image courtesy of TMDb
The Three Acts:
The initial tableaux:
Dave owns a news stand. Wally is looking for a job. Dave is deaf, Wally is blind. Wally likes gambling, and owes his bookie Scotto 2800 USD. Scotto, in turn, owes money to far nastier people. The bookie leaves a valuable gold coin in Dave's pay box before Eve kills him. Dave and Wally are arrested for the crime.
Delineation of conflicts:
Wally and Dave try to prove that Eve did the murder, and Kirgo is her accomplice. Eve and Kirgo attempt to retrieve the rare coin for Sutherland, and eliminate Wally and Dave. The cops, led by Captain Braddock, want to apprehend Wally and Dave after they escape to prove their innocence. Wally's sister Adele tries to help them, and gets a load of trouble for her efforts.
Resolution: Dave and Wally do a lot better (and worse) than one might think.
One line summary: Pryor and Wilder in their prime.
Statistics:
Cinematography: 7/10 Meh. Looks like 1980s video.
Sound: 7/10 I could hear the dialog, which was the biggest issue to consider. Background music was barely a consideration.
Acting: 8/10 Wilder and Pryor dominate the film, but the supporting players added laughs as well.
Screenplay: 8/10 It's a fairly simple story, but well done. The gag at the end with Anthony Zerbe and Richard Pryor was just delightful.
Final Rating: 8/10 If you like either Pryor or Wilder, you've got to see this one.
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