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It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time: Directed by John Trent. With Anthony Newley, Stefanie Powers, Isaac Hayes, Lloyd Bochner. Sweeney, a divorced man, is willing to do anything, even kidnapping, to win back his wife.
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- Comedy
- John Trent
- 1976-09
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time is a Canadian comedy film, directed by John Trent and released in 1975. One of John Candy 's earliest films, he plays the minor role of an investigating police officer.
1 mag 2024 · IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME (1975) | Full Length FREE Comedy Movie | English - YouTube. MOVIEHOLIC. 402K subscribers. Subscribed. 48. 8K views 2 weeks ago. Sweeney, a...
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- Chico
- The Old Man
- Harry Luck
- Britt
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I've been offered a lot for my work, but never everything.Graveyards are full of boys who are very young and very proud.Sorry, I'm not in the blessing business.Once you begin you've got to be ready for killing and more killing, and then still more killing, until the reason for it is gone.I never rode shotgun on a hearse before. Gettin' up there don't bother me. It's stayin' up there that I mind.I took a job in a grocery store. Fella says I'll make a crackerjack clerk. Crackerjack.You know, I've been in some towns where the girls weren't very pretty. Matter of fact, I've been in some towns where they were downright ugly. But this is the first time I've ever been in a town wh...You don't happen to have an older, grateful sister, do you?The days of good hunting are over. Once there was horses, cattle, gold, fruit from the trees... no more. Now I must hunt with a price on my head, Rurales at my heels.Enough! We get the rest when we come back.If God didn't want them sheared, He would not have made them sheep.Generosity. That was my first mistake. I leave these people a little bit extra and they hire these men to make trouble.A man comes to him... because he respects him... 'cause he'd be proud to work with him. And he makes me look like TWO CENTSwith some damn kid's game!We ride for days to get to this nothing in the middle of nowhere. We are ready to risk our lives to help you, and you? You hide from us. Hide. From us. But it's a different story when you're in dan...You know what? They'll make up a song about you and this hat. Villages like this, they make up a song about every big thing that happens. They'll sing it for years.When I brought back the news, you should have seen the look I got from Britt. And Chris. And they have seen a thing or two in their time, and-and done them, too. They aren't men you can impress eas...Fight. You must fight. Fight!You must excuse them. They are farmers here. They are afraid of everyone and everything. They are afraid of rain, and no rain. The summer may be too hot, or the winter too cold. If the sow has no p...They are farmers. They talk of nothing but fertilizer and women. I have never shared their enthusiasm for fertilizer. As for women, I became indifferent when I was eighty-three.At my age, a little excitement is welcome.All that's what's on top. What's underneath?A dollar bill always looks as big to me as a bedspread.Chris, I'd hate to die a sucker. We didn't come out here just to keep an eye on a lot of corn and chili peppers. There was something else all the time, wasn't there?Well, I'll be damned.You lost.Call it.I changed my mind.[after being congratulated shooting a mounted bandit]I was aiming for the horse.I have the most stylish corner of the filthy storeroom out back. That, and one plate of beans. Ten dollars a day.The lies you tell yourself. No enemies... alive. I have lost count of my enemies.Till you lose your nerve. You can feelit. Then you wait... for the bullet in the gun that is faster than you areYes. The final supreme idiocy... coming here to hide. The deserter, hiding out in the middle of a battlefield.[chopping firewood]I'm doing this because I'm an eccentric millionaire.I admire your notion of fair odds, mister.If you can't forget about him, why don't you ride sidesaddle?Yeah, I'm one of us, all right.Undertaker: I've always treated every man the same – just as another future customer.Hilario: We will fight with guns if we have them. If we don't... with machetes, axes, clubs, anything!Sotero: Neighbors, I drink to our friends. They armed us, fought at our side, and will forever live in our hearts.Tomás: Only the dead are without fear.It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time. A man (Anthony Newley) tries to win back his ex-wife (Stefanie Powers), whose builder husband wants to evict her mother.
- John Trent
- Comedy
- Anthony Newley
Original title: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time. Synopsis: Sweeney, a divorced man, is willing to do anything, even kidnapping, to win back his wife. He stands a fair chance as the ex-mates continue to sleep together, despite the fact that she's remarried. ...
1975 Directed by John Trent. A gilt-edged wacky comedy. Sweeney is a playwright on a career decline. He spends much of his time wheedling money and beer out of his artistic friend Moriarty. One of his few highlights is weekly sex with his ex-wife Georgia.
